Mike McFarland

Mike McFarland was born in Texas City, Texas, on July 14, 1970.^[1][2][3] McFarland joined Funimation in 1997 and was cast in his first major role as Master Roshi in Dragon Ball two years later.^[4][5] McFarland also served as the ADR director for the Dragon Ball franchise. These roles played an important part in shaping the franchise's legacy in the United States.^[4] McFarland would subsequently be cast in other prominent roles, including Buggy the Clown in One Piece, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan, among many others.^[5] He also worked as the ADR director for numerous titles from ADV Films, Funimation, and Crunchyroll, including YuYu Hakusho, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Attack on Titan, which helped to popularize them in the West.^[6][7][8] McFarland also worked on modern anime, such as My Hero Academia. Nick Valdez of ComicBook.com wrote that "McFarland has been one of the key drivers behind English dubs and their popularity in the United States".^[9]

McFarland stated that he tried to keep the same tone and feel as the original Japanese version when he produced an English dub, rather than creating something different like the English dubs for Crayon Shin-chan and Ghost Stories. He cited the English dubs of Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain as inspirations for his work.^[6] McFarland stated that he tried to have a unique approach for every series that he worked on, which included watching the original Japanese version and paying attention to the performance of the voice actors. He also wanted the dialog to be as realistic as possible and to match the tone of the scene.^[10]

In January 2025, Central Florida Comic Con announced that McFarland would not be attending the event as previously scheduled due to an illness.^[11] Subsequently, voice actress Colleen Clinkenbeard posted that McFarland visited the hospital for what he thought was an ear infection. Instead, he immediately underwent emergency surgery when it was discovered he had a brain tumor. Fellow voice actors J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis launched a GoFundMe page to help McFarland afford specialized care.^[12] McFarland had a second surgery in April to locate an unknown infection.^[13] In August, it was announced that McFarland had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer.^[13]

McFarland died in a Dallas health facility on September 9, 2026, at the age of 56.^[2][9][14] Several anime voice actors offered condolences, including Tatum, Matthew Mercer, AmaLee, Sarah Natochenny, Veronica Taylor, Casey Mongillo, Dawn M. Bennett, Ryan Colt Levy, and Clifford Chapin.^[2][11][5] Crunchyroll also issued a statement that highlighted the impact he had in the anime industry.^[15]

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Anime

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List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1999–2003; 2005	Dragon Ball Z	Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Pui Pui, Mez, Android 8	Funimation dub, assistant ADR director, ADR scriptwriter	[16][17]
2000	Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks	Master Roshi	Funimation dub, TV Special	[16]
2000	Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku	Tora, Toolo	Funimation dub, TV Special	[16]
2001–2003	Dragon Ball	Master Roshi, Android 8, Yajirobe, Little Flower's Father	Funimation dub, assistant ADR director, ADR director	[17]
2002–2006	YuYu Hakusho	Komada, Butajiri, M3/Kai, Kazemaru, Risho	assistant ADR director	[17]
2002–2003	Fruits Basket	Ritsu Soma		[17]
2003–2005	Dragon Ball GT	Baby, Master Roshi, Yajirobe	Funimation dub	[16]
2004–2005	Fullmetal Alchemist	Jean Havoc	ADR director, ADR scriptwriter	[16]
2004	Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy	Master Roshi, Baby		[17]
2005	The Galaxy Railways	Bruce J. Speed	Co-ADR director	[18]
2005	Gantz	Giant Buddha Statue, Male Teacher		[18]
2005	Burst Angel	Leo Jinno		[18]
2005	Baki the Grappler	Kitazawa		[18]
2006	Diamond Daydreams	Dr. Amakasu		[18]
2006	Desert Punk	Haru Kawaguchi		[18]
2006	Trinity Blood	Cain NightRoad	ADR director, line producer, Script Adaptation	[18]
2006	Black Cat	Belze Rochefort, Gilberth		[18]
2007	Beet the Vandel Buster	Alside		[19]
2007	School Rumble	Jiro Yoshidayama		[19]
2007	Mushi-shi	Koro	ADR director, line producer, ADR scriptwriter	[17]
2007	Gunslinger Girl	Franco, Giorgio	ADR director, line producer	[17]
2007	Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad		Music director	[20]
2007–2026	One Piece	Buggy the Clown, Helmeppo (episode 68 onwards), Richie, Eyelash, Masshikaku, Yokozuna	ADR director, ADR scriptwriter, ADR Producer (Funimation dub)	[21]
2008	Ouran High School Host Club	Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka	line producer	[22]
2008–2009	Hetalia: Axis Powers	Estonia	line producer	[23]
2009	Romeo × Juliet	Tybalt		[17]
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Ukita Kozo		[19]
2009	Eden of the East	Osamu Yamamoto	ADR director, line producer	[24]
2010	Case Closed	George Kaminski, Jeremiah, Michel, Albert Jordenly, Archie Gailand, Old Man, Dr. Charles Lanning, Stu Hogan	ADR director	[19]
2010	Oh! Edo Rocket	Ankles		[25]
2010	Shiki	Yuuki	ADR director, line producer	[26]
2010–2013; 2017–2018	Dragon Ball Z Kai	Roshi, Yajirobe, Pui Pui, Android 8		[17]
2010–2011	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Jean Havoc	ADR director, line producer	[27][28]
2011	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom	Abel		[29]
2011	Fairy Tail	Nab Lasaro		[19]
2011	Heaven's Lost Property	Sky Master		[8]
2012	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Flat U. Lance		[19]
2012	Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Saburo Kato		[19]
2012	A Certain Magical Index	Hajime Hitotsui		[30]
2013	Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine	Goemon Ishikawa		[17]
2013	Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing	Alex Row		[31]
2013	Sankarea: Undying Love	Jogoro Furuya		[32]
2013	Aquarion Evol	Izumo Kamurogi		[33]
2013	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation		ADR director, scriptwriter	[34]
2014–2024	Attack on Titan	Jean Kirstein	ADR director	[35][36]
2015	Noragami	Rabo	ADR director	[37]
2015	Attack on Titan: Junior High	Jean Kirstein	ADR director	[38]
2015	Parasite Dolls	Meyers		[19]
2015	Blood Blockade Battlefront	Deldro Brody	ADR director	[39]
2015	Show by Rock!!	Crow		[19]
2016–2025	My Hero Academia	Mashirao Ojiro, Ectoplasm, Bird Hero Hitchcock-a-Doodle	ADR director (season 7)	[17]
2016	Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash	Brittany	Co-ADR director	[40]
2016	Chaos Dragon	Kaguraba Raihou Gramstahl	scriptwriter, assistant ADR director	[41]
2016	Servamp	Belkia		[42]
2016	One-Punch Man	Carnage Kabuto	ADR script adaptation	[43]
2016	No-Rin		ADR director	[44]
2016	Barakamon		ADR director	[45]
2016	Handa-kun		ADR director	[46]
2016	Trickster	Yoshio's Father	ADR director	[47]
2017	Sakura Quest	Doku (Young)		[19]
2017	Tokyo Ghoul	Kotaro Amon	ADR director; also :re	[48]
2017	Hyouka		ADR director (eps 1–12, 18–22)	[49]
2017	18if		ADR director	[50]
2017–2019	Dragon Ball Super	Master Roshi, Yajirobe	Funimation dub	[51]
2018	Space Battleship Yamato 2202	Saburo Kato		[19]
2018	Junji Ito Collection	Mori	ADR director (eps 1–10)	[52]
2018	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	Murai		[53]
2018	Double Decker! Doug & Kirill	William Jefferson	ADR director	[19]
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Fuze		[19]
2018–2021	Zombie Land Saga	Hochu		[54]
2019	Boogiepop and Others	Jin Asukai	5 episodes, ADR director (eps 1–9; 14–18), assistant ADR director (eps 10–13)	[55][56]
2019	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Kim Kanth		[19]
2019	The Quintessential Quintuplets		assistant ADR director	[57]
2019	Afterlost	Taiyo	ADR director	[58]
2019–2021	Fruits Basket	Ritsu Soma	2019 reboot	[59]
2019	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest		ADR director	[60]
2019	Kemono Michi	Saigo		[61]
2019	Dr. Stone	Argo		[19]
2019	African Office Worker	Sheep		[62]
2020	Bofuri	Dread		[63]
2021	Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki		Co-ADR director	[64]
2022	Odd Taxi	Hiroshi Odokawa	Crunchyroll dub; ADR script writer	[65]
2022	Date A Live IV	Big Bad Wolf		[8]
2023	Trigun Stampede	E.G. Mine		[66]

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[16]
2016–2017	RWBY	Fennec Albain, Mayor	Volume 4–5	[67]

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Films

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List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1998	Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle	Master Roshi, Count Lucifer, Ghastel	Funimation dub	[16]
1999	Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000	Harry the Hermit	Chuck E Cheese special	[16]
2000	Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure	Master Roshi, Emperor Pilaf, Gatchans		[16][19]
2001	Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug	Master Roshi, Yajirobe		[16]
2002	Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge	Doore, Yajirobe, Master Roshi	assistant ADR director	[16][19]
2002	Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler	Master Roshi, Yajirobe		[16]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13	Master Roshi		[16]
2003	Dragon Ball: The Path to Power	Master Roshi, Android 8		[19]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan	Master Roshi	ADR director	[16]
2004	Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2006	Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2006	Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa	Jean Havoc	ADR director	[68][69]
2008	Vexille	Murata	ADR director, line producer	[70]
2010	Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone	Makoto Hyuga, Eva	ADR director, line producer	[71][72]
2010	Summer Wars	Shota Jinnouchi	ADR director, line producer	[73]
2010	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	Master Roshi	Funimation dub	[19]
2012	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos		ADR director	[74]
2011	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Makoto Hyuga	ADR director, line producer	[75]
2012	Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker	Lazarro	ADR director	[76]
2012	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Yurgis	ADR director, line producer	[77]
2013	Wolf Children	Kuroda	ADR director	[78]
2013	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Kuroto Magami	ADR director	[78]
2014	Hal	Nepalese	ADR director	[79]
2014	One Piece: Film Z	Helmeppo		[19][80]
2014	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Master Roshi		[19]
2014	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Makoto Hyuga	ADR director	[81]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Master Roshi		[19]
2015	Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler	Joseph		[82]
2016	The Boy and the Beast		ADR director	[83]
2016	Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Teppei Sugo		[84]
2016	The Empire of Corpses	Alexei Karamazov	ADR director	[85]
2016	Escaflowne	Mole Man	Funimation dub	[19]
2019	Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Male Saiyan C		[86]
2019	One Piece: Stampede	Buggy, Helmeppo	ADR Director	[87]
2022	Sing a Bit of Harmony	Class Teacher		[88]
2023	Psycho-Pass Providence	Teppei Sugo		[89]

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[16]
2002–2024	Dragon Ball games	Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Baby Vegeta, Android 8, Pui Pui, Doore, Tora, Dodoria	Dodoria in Raging Blast only	[19]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Additional voices		[90]
2009	Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation	George Kaminsky		[19]
2012	Street Fighter X Tekken	Paul Phoenix		[19]
2016	Street Fighter V	Nash		[19]
2017	Orcs Must Die! Unchained	Blackpaw		[19]
2020	One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows	Carnage Kabuto		[19]
2020	Fire Emblem Heroes	Caellach		[91]

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