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COAF 2026 Guests
Ciarán Strange
You may have heard him as foul-mouthed, under-caffeinated NPCs Lor (Borderlands 3) & Paladin Mike (Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands), or even in various anime (Chainsaw Man, Black Butler, Pop Team Epic!, Tomo-chan Is A Girl!, Requiem of the Rose King, AOASHI, Apothecary Diaries, The Case Study Of Vanitas, SK8 the Infinity) and video games (Monster Camp, Umbraclaw, High Times by YangYang Mobile) — but IRL he’s Ciarán Strange, an eccentric transgender voice actor, indie rockstar, and multimedia artist. At the tender age of seventeen, he left his family, friends, and English fishing village behind in order to chase his dreams across the Atlantic!
Strange has become a familiar face throughout the American geek scene, in most parts via his music. After touring the US, UK, Canada, and Japan, performing at hundreds of shows, conventions, and festivals, Ciarán has been known for his geeky covers and parodies, as well as his own original pop-punk-rock songs, which you can find on streaming platforms under Kieran Strange.
After a hiatus, Ciarán is returning to livestreaming this Fall with a fresh concept project, combining his love of song-writing, world-building, story-telling, mental health & LGBTQ+ activism, and (with any luck!) a Nat 20 or two in charisma... So make sure you check in with him this weekend to learn about his cosmic new VTuber, CL (@CozypunkCL)!
Vocal ventures aside, this British import to the States has been swept up relaunching his LGBTQ+ urban sci-fi series. Its debut novel, Black Tie by Ciarán Strange, is a gay romance thriller he’s pitched as “an awkward James Bond navigating a world full of superhumans”.
Jill Harris
Jill Harris is another classic example of an anime fan turned professional. She started working in VO at the age of 15, recording for projects in her home studio after school. At 20, she relocated to DFW and started working with Funimation—now known as anime juggernaut Crunchyroll.
She started strong with characters like Noelle Silva in Black Clover, Mandalay in My Hero Academia, Aura Bella Fiora (one of the elf twins) in Overlord, and Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets.
In 2017, Jill booked Charlie Magne in the Hazbin Hotel pilot, which went viral on YouTube with over 100 million views. It’s since spawned the hit Amazon Prime series of the same name, featuring an all new cast of stars from Hollywood & Broadway.
Since then, she’s been on that anime grind, providing the voice for Fern in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Suletta Mercury in Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Yuzuriha in Hell’s Paradise, and Charlotte Pudding, Sanji’s fiance, in One Piece, as well as many others.
If you want to find her online, she goes by “jillsvoice” most places (Instagram, TikTok, Twitch.) The only exception is Twitter (I refuse to call it “X”) on which her handle is @JillHarrisVO
Tony Oliver
Tony Oliver, who was named to IMDB’s top 20 all time Anime Voice Actors list, began his career as an actor on stage and camera performing in several feature films and dozens of plays. He found success as a voice artist, lending his voice to one of the first Anime features to a receive wide US television release - The Sea Prince and the Fire Child. His first foray into series television was as the voice of Rick Hunter in the groundbreaking anime series Robotech. Following that, he turned his attention to writing but continued his voice acting career. In 1988 he joined Saban Entertainment as a story editor where he wrote and co-produced an award-winning adaptation of The Jungle Book. Tony was then tapped to help create a new kind of children's television show. The result was the mega hit, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He served as the development producer and head writer and also wrote the pilot, Co-Produced the series, directed the voice actors, played the voice of Saba, and produced and directed the Power Rangers live appearance at Universal Studios, which drew an estimated 50,000 people on a single day.
After leaving Saban Entertainment, Tony continued to develop, produce, direct, and act in numerous Theatrical film, Television, Video Game, and Streaming Media projects including Daigunder for ABC Family/Disney; Gurren Lagann for the Sci Fi Channel, Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers which premiered on theatrical screens nationwide, and numerous video games including BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, .hack//GU, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring, Dynasty Warriors, World of Warcraft, Basara 3 and Bravely Default.
Tony’s theatrical voice acting credits include, Hoodwinked Too, The Muppet’s Wizard of Oz, Lupin the 3rd the First, The Night is Short:Walk on Girl and Alien Xmas, a Netflix Original Christmas special from the Chido Brothers and executive producer Jon Favereau, for which he also served as voice director. Anime voice acting credits include Vandread, Sayuki Reload, Gun Grave, Cho-bits, Bleach, Lupin the 3rd, and Naruto, where he can be heard as Minato, the Fourth Hokage.
Tony has also served as voice director for numerous projects including the English releases of Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks, Fate Stay Night Heavens Feel in which he also voices the character of Lancer, Fate: Apocrypha, a Netflix Original Series, Lego Friends, Fate Grand Order, Ghost in the Shell 2045, Orient, and BeyBlade Burst: Quad Strike for Bang Zoom! Studios and DisneyXD.
Follow him on his website!