Marc Diraison is an American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has worked for Bang Zoom! Entertainment, NYAV Post, 4Kids Entertainment and DuArt Film and Video. He is best known as the English voice of Guts in Berserk animated adaptations, specifically the 1997 anime adaptation and the 2012 movie trilogy. He has also portrayed Akihiko Kayaba in Sword Art Online and Tokiomi Tohsaka in Fate/Zero.

Marc Diraison
BornFebruary 7, 1975
San Rafael, California, U.S.
Other namesMark Diraison
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • ADR director
  • script writer
Years active1982–present

Filmography

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Anime

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List of voice performances and production work in anime television series and OVAs
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Knight Hunters: Weiß Kreuz Yoji Kudo Second voice
2002–03 Berserk Guts
2003 Samurai Deeper Kyo Saizo Kirigakure
Space Pirate Mito Karsoon
Sadamitsu the Destroyer Vice Principal
2004 ShootFighter Tekken Yoshiki Takaishi OVA
Giant Robo Kenji Murasame OVA, NYAV Post dub
Domain of Murder Kyusaku Kogure OVA
Gokusen Goro Sawatari
2004–07 One Piece Roronoa Zoro 4Kids Entertainment dub
2004 Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos Ryoma Sakamoto
F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu Antonio Guster, Young Silver Neelson
Shrine of the Morning Mist Michimune Ayatachi, Masashi Kusugi
2005 Shadow Star Narutaru Ono Episode 5
Gin Rei Kenji Murasame ADR voice director, OVA
Ah! My Goddess Toshiyuki Aoshima[1] ADR voice director
Midori Days Masami Kyomoto
Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Shirakawa
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Young Solomon Muto Episode 199
2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Chancellor Frost Episode 24
Pokémon Tyson [2]
GaoGaiGar: The King of Braves Leo Shishioh
Ninja Nonsense ADR voice director
2007 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Toshiyuki Aoshima
Phoenix Uraji
2008 Freedom David OVA
Dinosaur King Gabbro
2008–10 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Kalin Kessler
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Hiyō, Additional Voices
2009 Let's Go Tamagotchi! Bikertchi, Sunnytchi
2010 Pokémon Riley, Clayton, Ingo [3]
Slayers Revolution ADR voice director (with Michael Sinterniklaas)
Slayers Evolution-R
2010–14 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Meran Production staff, OVAs
2011 Bakuman Nobuhiro Mashiro, Kim Song-Yu
2013 Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Captain
Fate/Zero Tokiomi Tohsaka [4]
Zetman Sweeper, Takayuki Hige, Narrator ADR script writer
2013–2019 Sword Art Online Akihiko Kayaba
2013–14 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Ithnan, Cassim's Father
2013 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital Kidomaru
2014 Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet Kugel
Coppelion Gojiro Kajii, Heiji Tanizaki
2015 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Ithnan
2015, 2019 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Zeon Zum Deikun OVAs and TV
2015 Aldnoah.Zero Wolf Areash
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure George Joestar I, others [4]
The Seven Deadly Sins Ruin
2016 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Iznario Fareed
One-Punch Man Bearded Worker, Pig God, Subterranean 4
  • Subterranean in Episode 1,
  • Pig God in Episode 10
2017–19 Hunter × Hunter Ging Freecss 2011 series
2018–19 Beyblade Burst Turbo Taiga Akabane [4]
2018 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Wilhelm van Astrea [5]
2023 Berserk: Memorial Edition Guts [6]

Animation

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List of voice performances and production work in animation
Year Title Role Crew Role, Notes Ref.
2005–09 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Silver Sentry, Raptarr, Ruffington, Turtle Titan II
2005–07 Winx Club Helia 4Kids version
2006 Kappa Mikey Dr. Igor Episode: "Big Trouble in Little Tokyo"
2007–09 Chaotic Codemaster Crellan
2008–09 Three Delivery Voice director (with Michael Sinterniklaas)
2009–12 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers Rassimov (Season 2), Clements, Suit Member Voice director (with Michael Sinterniklaas (season 1) and Stephanie Sheh) [7]
2018 Treehouse Detectives Moose, Great Horned Owl, Commodore Barry, Lucille's Dad [4]
2021 The JayShow Movie Oyaji Robo-sama

Films

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List of voice performances and production work in direct-to-video, television films and feature films
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 The Weathering Continent Bois
2010 Animals United Cook, the Reporter
2012 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King Guts Production coordinator [4]
2013 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey Guts
2014 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent Guts
Welcome to the Space Show Pochi Rickman ADR voice director (with Stephanie Sheh) [8]
Patema Inverted Teacher ADR script writer
2015 009 Re:Cyborg Cyborg 002/JetLink
2016 Miss Hokusai Hatsugoro/Totoya Hokkei
Your Name Taki's Father [9]
2017 A Silent Voice Mr. Takeuchi [10]
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Akihiko Kayaba Reprisal [11]
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children Mouse Father

Video games

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List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 One Piece: Pirates' Carnival Roronoa Zoro
2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Kalin Kassler Reprisal [4]
Fire Emblem Heroes Conrad
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia [12]
2019 Shenmue III Hong Dejing [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ah! My Goddess". Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Pokémon: Advanced Battle. Episode 397. 4Kids Entertainment.
  3. ^ Pokémon: Sinnoh League Victors. Episode 397. 4Kids Entertainment.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Marc Diraison (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 27, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ^ "Funimation Announces Re:Zero Anime's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. March 4, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "Berserk: The Golden Age Arc". www.crunchyroll.com. January 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "A Seeker Is Born". Huntik. Season 1. Episode 1.
  8. ^ "Dub Cast for Welcome to the Space Show Announced". Anime News Network. April 7, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Your Name English Dub Cast, Trailer Unveiled". Anime News Network. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  10. ^ Sheh, Stephanie (December 24, 2017). "It's Marc Diraison. The original Guts from Berserk". @stephaniesheh. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale English Dub Screenings Begin April 22 in U.S." Anime News Network. March 14, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  12. ^ "Here are the Voice Actors of Fire Emblem Echoes' Cast". Twinfinite. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
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