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24-Hour Podcast Raises US$31,500+ for Quake Charity
posted on by Gia Manry
From 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Saturday, March 19 until 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, March 20, the fan-run One Piece Podcast held a 24-hour marathon podcast featuring voice actors and other members of the North American anime/manga industry as a fundraiser to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan.
At press time, the official website for the charity marathon stated that the event had raised US$31,515, which will be donated to the Global Giving charity organization. The website is also still taking donations, although its original goal was US$25,000.
The final list of guests included (in alphabetic order by last or organization name):
- Anime Expo Live
- Anime World Order
- Zac Bertschy
- Christopher Bevins
- Steve Blum
- Chainsaw Buffet
- Hope Chapman
- Luci Christian
- Todd Cochran
- Colleen Clinkenbeard
- Terry Doty
- Maile Flanagan
- William Flanagan
- Crispin Freeman
- Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs
- GameMarx
- Clarine Harp
- Stephen Hoff
- The Konoha Corner
- Little Kuriboh
- MasakoX
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
- Reuben Langdon
- Wendee Lee
- Mike McFarland
- Matt Mercer
- Josh Morris
- Daran Norris
- Brina Palencia
- Reverse Thieves
- Michelle Ruff
- Christopher Sabat
- Patrick Seitz
- Justin Sevakis
- Stephanie Sheh
- Ed Sizemore
- Micah Solusod
- SSAA Podcast
- Jessica Straus
- Eric Stuart
- J. Michael Tatum
- Eric Vale
- Cristina Vee
- Stephen Weese
- Tony Yao
The official website for the podcast has also announced a "mini-marathon" fundraiser to take place on Sunday, March 27.
Update: Added more confirmed guests and mini-marathon information.
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