Chuck Powers is an American-born voice actor and director in the animation industry. Powers spent many years working in the US before relocating to Singapore. While he was there, He co-founded Voiceovers Unlimited, which specialized in the dubbing of foreign language animation into American dialect English, including One Piece, , Digimon, Case Closed, Initial D and others.
Chuck has voiced scripts for clients including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, HBO, Volvo, Standard Chartered, Burger King, Volkswagen, and dozens more and has voiced hundreds of animated characters over the last twenty years.
In 2014, Chuck wrote and directed the animated feature film, RIBBIT, which received international theatrical distribution and won several awards including Best Family Film at the 2014 NIFF. He is the co-founder of Creative Fuzion which co-produced several projects, including Zakumi, an animated series featuring the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Voice Dubbing credits
* Monkey D. Luffy, Usopp (Season 2), Merry the Butler, Buchie, Patty the Cook, , Captain Nezumi, Mr.5, Mr.11 and Chess in One Piece
* Yugi Mutou/Dark Yugi, Sugoroku Mutou, Ryo Bakura/Dark Bakura, Shadi, and Isono in the second anime of '.
* Henry Wong and Guilmon in Digimon Tamers
* Bokomon in Digimon Frontier
* Kogoro Mori in Case Closed
* Shunichi Domoto and Chuta Kogure in Super Yo-Yo
* Uchi and Principal in Gokusen
* Koshiro in Stratos 4
* Kyle Matsutake and Ichiro in Mirmo Zibang
* Shoh Ashikawa in Machine Robo Rescue
* Ken Shidou/Sazer Lion in Chouseishin Gransazer
Original series were in Japanese, these credits are only for the versions dubbed into Singapore-dialect English
Voice / ADR Directing Credits
* Kasumin
* One Piece (Odex)
* The Prince of Tennis (Singapore Dub)
Chuck has voiced scripts for clients including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, HBO, Volvo, Standard Chartered, Burger King, Volkswagen, and dozens more and has voiced hundreds of animated characters over the last twenty years.
In 2014, Chuck wrote and directed the animated feature film, RIBBIT, which received international theatrical distribution and won several awards including Best Family Film at the 2014 NIFF. He is the co-founder of Creative Fuzion which co-produced several projects, including Zakumi, an animated series featuring the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Voice Dubbing credits
* Monkey D. Luffy, Usopp (Season 2), Merry the Butler, Buchie, Patty the Cook, , Captain Nezumi, Mr.5, Mr.11 and Chess in One Piece
* Yugi Mutou/Dark Yugi, Sugoroku Mutou, Ryo Bakura/Dark Bakura, Shadi, and Isono in the second anime of '.
* Henry Wong and Guilmon in Digimon Tamers
* Bokomon in Digimon Frontier
* Kogoro Mori in Case Closed
* Shunichi Domoto and Chuta Kogure in Super Yo-Yo
* Uchi and Principal in Gokusen
* Koshiro in Stratos 4
* Kyle Matsutake and Ichiro in Mirmo Zibang
* Shoh Ashikawa in Machine Robo Rescue
* Ken Shidou/Sazer Lion in Chouseishin Gransazer
Original series were in Japanese, these credits are only for the versions dubbed into Singapore-dialect English
Voice / ADR Directing Credits
* Kasumin
* One Piece (Odex)
* The Prince of Tennis (Singapore Dub)
Paul Pistore is a voice actor and puppeteer who is also known as Paul John Pistore.
<big>Biography</big>
<big>Movie puppetry and Effects</big>
Paul is a veteran puppeteer and builder, he has worked on major motion pictures such as, Batman Returns, Alien Resurrection, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Men in Black 2 and many others. As a SPFX artist and animatronics builder and puppeteer/performer, Paul has worked for directors like Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Barry Sonnenfeld, Kevin Smith and Tony Scott to name a few.
His puppetry and Animatronics work has been seen in films, commercials and television productions in the USA, Europe and Asia. It’s almost a certainty that you have seen Paul’s work on ¬screen at some time.
<big>Performer and creator</big>
His turn as Mister Moose on the critically acclaimed, US children's show,
The All New Captain Kangaroo, and spin¬off show, Mister Moose’s Fun Time, earned Paul a Telly Award for excellence inchildren's entertainment, as well as mentions in Daily Variety and TV Guide. Paul went on to win an Omni Award for the 3¬D television show, Apartment51, which he co-¬created and co-starred in.
The Fox Family Channel's The Basement Block shows; The Morning Scramble and The Weekend Chill featured Paul’s puppetry and voice talents as the popular character D. Jam Germ. He also wrote and directed comedy segments for the network.
Paul portrayed the cute and plucky alien sidekick Ferbus, best friend of Saban’s Masked Rider. Paul’s puppetry and voice have been featured on Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Zeo, and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie feature film.
<big>Life in Southeast Asia</big>
Locally, Paul has added his talents in voice acting to programming featured on some of Southeast Asia’s most popular Kid’s TV shows like the Anime hit, One Piece, Masked Rider,Dan Doh!, YuGiOh, and many, many more. He’s voiced commercials for LEGO, Singapore Airlines, M1, Ikea, AIA Insurance, and literally dozens of others.
In 2015 Paul headed up a team of artists and builders to create puppets and props for Legoland Malaysia's "Ninjago Realm of Shadows LIVE" stage production.
Filmography
Anime roles
* ' - Announcer, Gen-San, Owner, Ryuji Kazama
* Karin - Henry Marker, Boogy Kun
* One Piece - Sanji (Season 2), Smoker, Kuromarimo, Doctor Hiruluk and Toto (Odex Dub)
* Shonen Onmyouji - Dubbing Director, Various ghosts, monsters and spirits
* Zipang - Masayuki Kikuchi, Chris Evans
Live action roles
* Apt. 51 - Mal (puppeteer/Voice)
* Masked Rider - Ferbus, Catatron (voices)
* Power Rangers Turbo - Flash Head (voice, uncredited)
* Power Rangers Zeo - Puppetman (voice, uncredited)
* The All-New Captain Kangaroo - Mr. Moose, Copernicus P. Digit (voices)
Movie roles
* Troops - Jawa, Capt. Reh Teah, Radio Dispatcher (voice)
Crew work
* Alien Resurrection - Puppeteer
* Apt. 51 - Co-Creator, writer, producer
* Archangel - Lead puppeteer
* Batman: Dead End - Lead Puppeteer, Creature Effects
* Batman Returns - Puppeteer
* ' - Voice Director
* Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Special Make-Up Effects Artist
* Masked Rider - Puppeteer
* Men in Black II - Puppeteer
* My Favorite Martian - Puppeteer (uncredted)
* Sabretooth - Puppeteer, Sabretooth Animatronics
* The Last Samurai - Misc. Weapons and Props
* Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie - Puppeteer (uncredited)
<big>Biography</big>
<big>Movie puppetry and Effects</big>
Paul is a veteran puppeteer and builder, he has worked on major motion pictures such as, Batman Returns, Alien Resurrection, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Men in Black 2 and many others. As a SPFX artist and animatronics builder and puppeteer/performer, Paul has worked for directors like Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Barry Sonnenfeld, Kevin Smith and Tony Scott to name a few.
His puppetry and Animatronics work has been seen in films, commercials and television productions in the USA, Europe and Asia. It’s almost a certainty that you have seen Paul’s work on ¬screen at some time.
<big>Performer and creator</big>
His turn as Mister Moose on the critically acclaimed, US children's show,
The All New Captain Kangaroo, and spin¬off show, Mister Moose’s Fun Time, earned Paul a Telly Award for excellence inchildren's entertainment, as well as mentions in Daily Variety and TV Guide. Paul went on to win an Omni Award for the 3¬D television show, Apartment51, which he co-¬created and co-starred in.
The Fox Family Channel's The Basement Block shows; The Morning Scramble and The Weekend Chill featured Paul’s puppetry and voice talents as the popular character D. Jam Germ. He also wrote and directed comedy segments for the network.
Paul portrayed the cute and plucky alien sidekick Ferbus, best friend of Saban’s Masked Rider. Paul’s puppetry and voice have been featured on Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers Zeo, and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie feature film.
<big>Life in Southeast Asia</big>
Locally, Paul has added his talents in voice acting to programming featured on some of Southeast Asia’s most popular Kid’s TV shows like the Anime hit, One Piece, Masked Rider,Dan Doh!, YuGiOh, and many, many more. He’s voiced commercials for LEGO, Singapore Airlines, M1, Ikea, AIA Insurance, and literally dozens of others.
In 2015 Paul headed up a team of artists and builders to create puppets and props for Legoland Malaysia's "Ninjago Realm of Shadows LIVE" stage production.
Filmography
Anime roles
* ' - Announcer, Gen-San, Owner, Ryuji Kazama
* Karin - Henry Marker, Boogy Kun
* One Piece - Sanji (Season 2), Smoker, Kuromarimo, Doctor Hiruluk and Toto (Odex Dub)
* Shonen Onmyouji - Dubbing Director, Various ghosts, monsters and spirits
* Zipang - Masayuki Kikuchi, Chris Evans
Live action roles
* Apt. 51 - Mal (puppeteer/Voice)
* Masked Rider - Ferbus, Catatron (voices)
* Power Rangers Turbo - Flash Head (voice, uncredited)
* Power Rangers Zeo - Puppetman (voice, uncredited)
* The All-New Captain Kangaroo - Mr. Moose, Copernicus P. Digit (voices)
Movie roles
* Troops - Jawa, Capt. Reh Teah, Radio Dispatcher (voice)
Crew work
* Alien Resurrection - Puppeteer
* Apt. 51 - Co-Creator, writer, producer
* Archangel - Lead puppeteer
* Batman: Dead End - Lead Puppeteer, Creature Effects
* Batman Returns - Puppeteer
* ' - Voice Director
* Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Special Make-Up Effects Artist
* Masked Rider - Puppeteer
* Men in Black II - Puppeteer
* My Favorite Martian - Puppeteer (uncredted)
* Sabretooth - Puppeteer, Sabretooth Animatronics
* The Last Samurai - Misc. Weapons and Props
* Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie - Puppeteer (uncredited)
is a Japanese voice actor represented by Across Entertainment.
Voice roles
Anime
;2004
*Gantz - Chiaki Onizuka
*Prince of Tennis - Kippei Tachibana, Ichirou Kaneda
*' - Raphael
;2005
*Suzuka - Kinugasu Tetsuhiko
;2006
*Gintama - Mitsuhide Akechi
*Le Chevalier D'Eon - King George III
*Nana - Yasushi Takagi
;2007
*' - Glo Xinia
;2008
*Persona: Trinity Soul - Tomohiro Narasaki
*Toaru Majutsu no Index - Pierce Aogami
;2009
*Fairy Tail - Bickslow, Darton
*Kämpfer - Mikihito Higashida
*Kaidan Restaurant - Yuuma Misakubo
;2010
*Bakuman - Taiki Uchida
*' - Toni Grimdenbaum
*Sex Pistols - Kunimasa Madarame
*Toaru Majutsu no Index II - Pierce Aogami
;2011
*Bakuman 2 - Taiki Uchida, Hiromi Yasuoka
*Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders - Neo Ziperator/Neo Zip Zam
*Gintama - Balmung Fezarion
*Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere - Pedro Valdes
*Future Diary - Yomotsu Hirasaka
*Nichijou - Koujirou Sasahara
*Mobile Suit Gundam AGE - Adams Tinel
*Sengoku Paradise - Sakon Shima
*Sket Dance - Makihito Kondou
;2012
*Bakuman 3 - Hiromi Yasuoka
*The Knight in the Area - Asuka Tooru
*' - Bobby Statice
*Girls und Panzer - Jungorou Akiyama
*Hiiro no Kakera - Zwei
*' - Koreyuki Tani
*Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II - Pedro Valdes
*From the New World - Fujita
;2013
*Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman - Masazumi Sakai
*Tamako Market - Tomio Shimizu
*My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU - Yamato, Atsugi
*Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita - Visor Crossroad
*Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S - Pierce Aogami
;2014
*' - Ahiru-chan
*Tokyo ESP - Professor Hokusai Azuma
;2015
*Absolute Duo - Tatsu
*' - Daihen-zamurai
;2016
*Fairy Tail Zero - Precht Gaebolg
Tokusatsu
;2013
*Ultraman Ginga - Ginga Spark, Dark Spark
;2014
*Ultraman Ginga S - Ginga Spark
;2016
*Overwatch - Genji
*The King of Fighters XIV - K'
Drama CDs
*Ai to Jingi ni Ikiru no sa (Haruhiko Nagamine)
*Fudanshi-kun no Honey Days (Kyougo Mimasaka)
*Jigoku Meguri 2: Ge (Enma the 1st)
*Koi ni Inochi wo Kakeru no sa (Haruhiko Nagamine)
*' (Yuu Sanwa)
Voice roles
Anime
;2004
*Gantz - Chiaki Onizuka
*Prince of Tennis - Kippei Tachibana, Ichirou Kaneda
*' - Raphael
;2005
*Suzuka - Kinugasu Tetsuhiko
;2006
*Gintama - Mitsuhide Akechi
*Le Chevalier D'Eon - King George III
*Nana - Yasushi Takagi
;2007
*' - Glo Xinia
;2008
*Persona: Trinity Soul - Tomohiro Narasaki
*Toaru Majutsu no Index - Pierce Aogami
;2009
*Fairy Tail - Bickslow, Darton
*Kämpfer - Mikihito Higashida
*Kaidan Restaurant - Yuuma Misakubo
;2010
*Bakuman - Taiki Uchida
*' - Toni Grimdenbaum
*Sex Pistols - Kunimasa Madarame
*Toaru Majutsu no Index II - Pierce Aogami
;2011
*Bakuman 2 - Taiki Uchida, Hiromi Yasuoka
*Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders - Neo Ziperator/Neo Zip Zam
*Gintama - Balmung Fezarion
*Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere - Pedro Valdes
*Future Diary - Yomotsu Hirasaka
*Nichijou - Koujirou Sasahara
*Mobile Suit Gundam AGE - Adams Tinel
*Sengoku Paradise - Sakon Shima
*Sket Dance - Makihito Kondou
;2012
*Bakuman 3 - Hiromi Yasuoka
*The Knight in the Area - Asuka Tooru
*' - Bobby Statice
*Girls und Panzer - Jungorou Akiyama
*Hiiro no Kakera - Zwei
*' - Koreyuki Tani
*Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II - Pedro Valdes
*From the New World - Fujita
;2013
*Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman - Masazumi Sakai
*Tamako Market - Tomio Shimizu
*My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU - Yamato, Atsugi
*Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shimashita - Visor Crossroad
*Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S - Pierce Aogami
;2014
*' - Ahiru-chan
*Tokyo ESP - Professor Hokusai Azuma
;2015
*Absolute Duo - Tatsu
*' - Daihen-zamurai
;2016
*Fairy Tail Zero - Precht Gaebolg
Tokusatsu
;2013
*Ultraman Ginga - Ginga Spark, Dark Spark
;2014
*Ultraman Ginga S - Ginga Spark
;2016
*Overwatch - Genji
*The King of Fighters XIV - K'
Drama CDs
*Ai to Jingi ni Ikiru no sa (Haruhiko Nagamine)
*Fudanshi-kun no Honey Days (Kyougo Mimasaka)
*Jigoku Meguri 2: Ge (Enma the 1st)
*Koi ni Inochi wo Kakeru no sa (Haruhiko Nagamine)
*' (Yuu Sanwa)
Warren Fernandez is the editor of The Straits Times. He has been a journalist with The Straits Times since 1990. He was previously the deputy editor and also the foreign editor of The Straits Times, before leaving the paper in late 2008 to take up the post of Regional Director for Global Communications Strategy in Shell’s Asia Pacific Hub in 2008. Fernandez rejoined The Straits Times on 6 February 2012, and assumed the editorship of the paper on 15 February 2012.
Warren Fernandez had his education at Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore and Hwa Chong Junior College. He is a Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate of Trinity College, University of Oxford with First Class honours and has a master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the first recipient of the Singapore Press Holdings' Undergraduate Scholarship in 1987 and the first SPH Master's Scholarship holder in 1999.
He served as the paper's news editor, foreign editor and deputy editor, until 2008, when he left to join Shell as its Global Manager for its Future Energy project. He returned to the Straits Times as its editor in February 2012.
Fernandez has written on political and social issues related to Singapore and the wider world.
Fernandez is also the author of several books, including Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas, Without Fear or Favour: 50 years of the Public Service Commission, Thinking Allowed: Politics, Fear and Change in Singapore, and most recently, Men for Others.
He was on several government committees including the Cost Review Committee, and the Remaking Singapore committee. He served on several boards, including the National Environment Agency, Compass, the National Heritage Board and the National Parks Board.
In 2015, The Straits Times marked its 170th anniversary, with Fernandez at its helm.
The ST was named the Best News Website by the World Association of Newspapers, and won a prize for Newspaper Redesign from the Society of News Design.
Fernandez continues to write the Thinking Aloud column in The Sunday Times.
Works
* Lead Your Life: Eight Respected Singaporeans Reflect on Leadership, Labour and Love (2012, St. Joseph's Institution by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814342186
* Our Homes: 50 Years of Housing A Nation (2011, Housing and Development Board by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814266741
* Men for Others: A Portrait of the Josephian Over the Years (2009, St. Joseph's Institution by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814266192
* Thinking Allowed?: Politics, Fear and Change in Singapore (2004, SNP Editions) ISBN 9812480617
* Without Fear or Favour: 50 Years of Singapore's Public Service Commission (2001, Public Service Commission by Times Media) ISBN 9812323481
* Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas (co-author; 1997, 1998, Singapore Press Holdings, Times Editions) ISBN 9812040498
Warren Fernandez had his education at Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore and Hwa Chong Junior College. He is a Politics, Philosophy and Economics graduate of Trinity College, University of Oxford with First Class honours and has a master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the first recipient of the Singapore Press Holdings' Undergraduate Scholarship in 1987 and the first SPH Master's Scholarship holder in 1999.
He served as the paper's news editor, foreign editor and deputy editor, until 2008, when he left to join Shell as its Global Manager for its Future Energy project. He returned to the Straits Times as its editor in February 2012.
Fernandez has written on political and social issues related to Singapore and the wider world.
Fernandez is also the author of several books, including Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas, Without Fear or Favour: 50 years of the Public Service Commission, Thinking Allowed: Politics, Fear and Change in Singapore, and most recently, Men for Others.
He was on several government committees including the Cost Review Committee, and the Remaking Singapore committee. He served on several boards, including the National Environment Agency, Compass, the National Heritage Board and the National Parks Board.
In 2015, The Straits Times marked its 170th anniversary, with Fernandez at its helm.
The ST was named the Best News Website by the World Association of Newspapers, and won a prize for Newspaper Redesign from the Society of News Design.
Fernandez continues to write the Thinking Aloud column in The Sunday Times.
Works
* Lead Your Life: Eight Respected Singaporeans Reflect on Leadership, Labour and Love (2012, St. Joseph's Institution by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814342186
* Our Homes: 50 Years of Housing A Nation (2011, Housing and Development Board by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814266741
* Men for Others: A Portrait of the Josephian Over the Years (2009, St. Joseph's Institution by the Straits Times Press) ISBN 9789814266192
* Thinking Allowed?: Politics, Fear and Change in Singapore (2004, SNP Editions) ISBN 9812480617
* Without Fear or Favour: 50 Years of Singapore's Public Service Commission (2001, Public Service Commission by Times Media) ISBN 9812323481
* Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas (co-author; 1997, 1998, Singapore Press Holdings, Times Editions) ISBN 9812040498