Meet Sonny Strait at A-Kon

09/15/12

As a voice actor, Sonny Strait is considered one of the most recognized in the business.Besides Dragonball Z’s Krillin he has played Full Metal Alchemist’s Maes Hughes, One Piece’s Usopp, Lupin III’s Lupin III, Cartoon Network’s Toonami Tom, Kenechi’s Apachai, Moon Phase’s Seiji, Black Butler’s Drocell, Kodacha’s Zenjiro and Samurai Seven’s Kyuzo. He has also written and directed many series including Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Ghost Hunt, Case Closed, Kiddy Grade, Tenchi, Claymore and Lupin III.

As a comic book artist he has 18 works in print including his efforts on the fantasy comic book series Elfquest published by both WARP Graphics and DC Comics.

In 2007 Sonny created a manga about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called We Shadows published by Tokyopop was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel 2008. It can now be found at www.weshadows.com and has consistently been voted into the Top Ten Web Comics many months running.

Currently Sonny continues performing Krillin and Usopp, plays the title role in the Xbox game S’plosion Man and the villainous mad scientistDr Winklemeyerin Twisted Pixel’s video game Comic Jumper as well as several roles on Borderlands 2.. He also fronts the anime fan pleasing rock band White Girl. www.whitegirlstudios.com