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4	'''[[Anime/OnePiece There once was a man named Eric Stuart, who was king of the voice actors!]] He had fame, power, and talent beyond your wildest dreams! Before they troped him on the internet, these were the final words [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere his description said]]:'''
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6	Eric Stuart (born October 18, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American voice actor. He has done anime roles mainly under [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]], most notably [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Brock, James,]] and [[Anime/YuGiOh Kaiba]]. His most favorite anime roles are that of James and [[Literature/{{Slayers}} Gourry]].
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8	Stuart is also an accomplished singer. He formed his first band at age 14, learned to play the guitar in eighth grade, and was writing and recording songs by the tenth grade. Before graduating high school, he had recorded over 40 original songs!
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10	He retired from voice acting to work on new material for his band. However, he reprised his role as Gourry in ''[[{{Literature/Slayers}} Slayers Revolution-R]]'' in 2010, and started making more frequent guest appearances at anime conventions in 2011. He also reprised his role of Seto Kaiba in 2017 for ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions''.
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12	Before he retired from voice-acting, his Californian counterpart was Creator/JohnnyYongBosch [[note]]Johnny's also in a band and played Brock in Anime/PokemonOrigins (though this was after Eric retired)[[/note]]. His Canadian counterparts were Creator/BradSwaile, Creator/KirbyMorrow and Creator/AndrewFrancis. His Dallas counterparts were Creator/ToddHaberkorn, Creator/MicahSolusod, and Creator/AustinTindle. His Houston counterparts were Creator/DavidMatranga and Creator/BlakeShepard . His Texan counterparts was Creator/ChrisPatton [[note]]Chris played Gourry[[/note]].
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14	Despite doing a lot of voice work for [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]], he doesn't seem to be particularly fond of the company if [[https://youtu.be/RZlIcJbbm08?t=1m21s this video]] is any indication. This is because he was getting paid more for commercial voiceover work than dubbing episodes for 4Kids (he was paid about $75 for dubbing a single episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''), and when they decided to use voice clips for commercials, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYkZBDkMf04 he wasn't getting paid for that anymore]]. He also [[CreatorBacklash admitted how terrible]] 4Kids' adaptation of ''Manga/OnePiece'' was.
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16	He started his own production called ''Crossing the G.O.D.S.'' and has done so alongside Dan Green as well as Anthony Salerno, fellow former 4Kids and generally New York based dub alumni, an audio-visual novel of sorts. It will be released in segments beginning in early 2018:[[https://www.audramadaproductions.com/crossing-the-gods Crossing The G.O.D.S. Trailer]].
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18	His personal website can be found [[https://www.ericstuart.com here]].
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21	!!Notable roles from Eric Stuart:
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23	* [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]], James ([[TheOtherDarrin replacement voice]] of Ted Lewis after episode nine and arguably the most memorable voice for James), Butch, Squirtle, and the Magikarp Salesman from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. [[invoked]]
24	** And eventually, almost every single remotely-masculine Pokémon up through Hoenn: his success is largely up to opinion.
25	** You have to admit though, he's a ManOfAThousandVoices to have managed that even remotely successfully.
26	* Seto Kaiba from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' [[spoiler:and ''GX'']].
27	** Bastion Misawa and Kaibaman from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. He also voiced the Shadow Rider Titan, but you can't really tell under all that distortion.
28	*** Gil de Lansborough in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.
29	* Gourry Gabriev from ''Literature/{{Slayers}}''.
30	* [[Characters/KirbyMetaKnight Meta Knight]] from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' (With the Spanish accent). He also voices Gus, Sword Knight ([[TheOTherDarrin second voice]]) and several additional roles.
31	* The Narrator from the 4Kids version of ''Manga/OnePiece''.
32	* Black Shadow and Octoman from ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend''.
33	* Dr. Z from ''Anime/DinosaurKing''.
34	* Yutaka Watari from ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness''.
35	* Lucian and Grey from ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile''.
36	* Dik Dik Van Dik and Mac Metaphor in ''Anime/UltimateMuscle''.
37	* Les Galagoogoo and Pecky Pudgeon in ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata''.
38	* Various roles in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', including acid-spewing mutant Quarry and ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'''s Murakami Gennosuke.
39	* The Narrator in the ''Film/{{Movie 43}}'' segment "Victory’s Glory".
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41	!!Albums Eric Stuart released:
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43	Solo albums
44	* ''Eric Stuart'' (1998)
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46	Eric Stuart Band albums
47	* ''Curiosity'' (1996)
48	* ''Picture Perfect World'' (1997)
49	* ''Blue, Dressed in Black'' (2000)
50	* ''Bombshellshocked'' (2003)
51	* ''In The County of Kings'' (2007)
52	* ''Empty Frame of Reference'' (2009)
53	* ''Falls on Me'' (2011)
54	* ''Lipstick & Barbed Wire'' (2013)
55	* ''Character'' (EP) (2015)
56	* ''My Kind of Danger'' (2018)
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