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N. American Industry Members Join Podcast Fundraiser

The fan-run One Piece Podcast announced that it will host a 24-hour-long live podcast marathon via the Ustream live video streaming service from 6:00 p.m. EST on March 19 to 6:00 p.m. the next day. The podcast will feature a variety of voice actors and commentators from the North American anime industry, including ANN's Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis.

The current list of participants is as follows:

• Zac Bertschy - Executive Editor, ANN
• Steven Jay Blum - voice actor; Cowboy Bebop (Spike Spiegel), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Vincent Valentine)
• Todd Cochrane - CEO, RawVoice
• Terri Doty - voice actor, Shikabane Hime: Aka (Kamika Todoroki); ADR
director, Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts
• Crispin Freeman - voice actor, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon); ADR director/script writer, Scrapped Princess
• Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs - creator, Dragon Ball Z Abridged web series
• Stephen Hoff - ADR engineer, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Fullmetal Alchemist OAVs
• LittleKuriboh - creator, Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged web series
• Reuben Langdon - voice actor, Devil May Cry videogame 3-4 and TV anime
• Michelle Ruff - voice actor, Bleach's Rukia Kuchiki
• Justin Sevakis - New Media Director, ANN
• Stephanie Sheh - voice actor, Naruto (Hinata Hyuuga); ADR scriptwriter, Mobile Suit Gundam UC
• Ed Sizemore - Contributor, Comics Worth Reading
• Micah Solusod - voice actor; Soul Eater (Soul Eater Evans), Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations (Kamui, Subaru)
• J. Michael Tatum - voice actor, Black Butler (Sebastian Michaelis); ADR Director, Big Windup!
• Tony Yao - Content Coordinator/Head Writer, Samurai Beat Radio