Paul John Pistore

Description
Paul John Pistore is an American voice actor, puppeteer, and special effects artist whose career spans work in film, television, and animation, with a significant body of work in English dubs of anime produced for Asian markets. His professional background is deeply rooted in puppetry, which began in his childhood and led to work on major motion pictures such as Batman Returns, Alien Resurrection, and Men in Black II. This foundation in performance and character work transitioned into voice acting for animated series.

Pistore's voice acting credits are primarily in English-language dubs of anime, often produced in Singapore. He voiced multiple characters in the anime series Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger, including General Takeda and Toubei Kirigakure, who is also known as Gonzales Gon. He has a particularly extensive filmography in the series Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue, where he provided voices for a wide range of characters, including Bon, FireRobo, Gura Gorros, JetRobo, Kai Kitazawa, Kaiser-G, and Musashi Miyajima. He also voiced the character Aka in the series Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War, as noted in the user query.

Beyond the titles specified by the user, Pistore's anime voice work includes roles in the Odex dub of One Piece, where he voiced Sanji in the second season, as well as Smoker, Doctor Hiruluk, and others. He is also credited with roles in Karin, Dan Doh!!, and Shonen Onmyouji. In addition to performing, he served as the ADR director and voice director for several productions, including Karin and Dan Doh!!. His vocal range is described as versatile, capable of heroic to comical characters, as well as creature and animal voices.

Pistore's work has earned him notable industry recognition. He received a Telly Award for his puppetry and voice work as Mister Moose on the children's series The All New Captain Kangaroo. He also won two Omni Awards for Apartment 51, a 3-D television series he co-created, wrote, and starred in. Later in his career, he relocated to Singapore, where he founded the special effects company CoreCrewFx Pte Ltd and has focused on writing for live productions and children's books.