Robert Buchholz

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Robert Buchholz, professionally known as Bob Buchholz, is an American voice actor, voice director, script writer, and producer with a career spanning several decades. He is the owner of Spliced Bread Productions. In addition to his work under his own name, he has occasionally used pseudonyms such as Robert Wicks and Rich Buckloid.

Buchholz's voice acting career is extensive, encompassing numerous roles in English-language dubs of anime series and films, as well as video games. He is well-known for his work in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, providing the voice of the character Paz in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and reprising the role in its sequel 2nd GIG, the film Solid State Society, and the later series SAC 2045. Another significant early role was as the lead character Gene Starwind in the space western anime Outlaw Star. His other prominent anime voice credits include Hubb Lebowski in Wolf's Rain, Beck Gold in The Big O, Tom Wiles in Cowboy Bebop, and the titular character Zenki in Zenki. In the series Kasimasi - Girl Meets Girl, he voiced the character Sora Hitoshi, as specified by the user. His filmography also includes a role as Ryu in the Animaze dub of the landmark film Akira and as Oguma in the Netflix dub of Beastars.

Beyond his on-screen performances, Buchholz has had a substantial career behind the scenes as a voice director and script writer, contributing to a wide array of major anime and video game projects. His voice direction credits are numerous and include work on the English adaptations of the Digimon series, for which he also wrote scripts, the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy video game franchises, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Devilman Crybaby, Knights of Sidonia, and Beastars. As a script writer, he has worked on adaptations for series such as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Great Teacher Onizuka, and Rave Master. This extensive production work highlights his significant and lasting influence on the English localization of Japanese animation and video games.
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