Bang Zoom! Entertainment is a recording studio in California well known for providing anime dubs for Aniplex USA, Ponycan USA, Viz Media (in addition to Studiopolis and The Ocean Group), and occasionally for Media Blasters (who mostly uses NYAV Post or Headline Studios, and recently, MB VoiceWorks
), Sentai Filmworks (who mostly uses Seraphim Digital Studios until 2015), formerly Bandai Entertainment and Geneon before both companies stopped distributing Anime in North America and now, NIS America, and possibly, Crunchyroll. Some of the well-known anime dub works include Haruhi Suzumiya, Eureka Seven, Fate/stay night, IGPX Immortal Grand Prix, Lucky Star, Samurai Champloo, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
They are also involved in creating many, many video game voice tracks as well as producing Spanish-language adaptations in addition to English.
Works Bang Zoom! Entertainment was involved with:
Anime:
- 5 Centimeters per Second (Bandai Re-release version)
- Accel World
- A.I.C.O. Incarnation
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Aldnoah.Zero
- Ano Hana The Flower We Saw That Day
- The Asterisk War
- B: The Beginning
- Berserk (2016)
- Blood Lad
- Blue Exorcist
- Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card
- Charlotte (first Key/Visual Arts anime title to be dubbed at the studio)
- Chobits
- Coppelion
- Cyborg 009: Call of Justice
- Doraemon
- Dragon Ball Super (only for the show's broadcast on Toonami Asia, as the official American release will instead include a dub from Funimation)
- Durarara!! (both seasons)
- ERASED
- Eureka Seven (Their second long-running series dubbed at the studio)
- Expelled from Paradise
- Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor
- The Familiar of Zero (Season 1 Only)
- Fate/stay night
- Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
- God Eater
- Granblue Fantasy
- Gundam Build Divers
- Gungrave (anime only)
- Haruhi Suzumiya (both seasons and the movie)
- Heat Guy J
- Hero Mask
- Higurashi: When They Cry (Season 1 only)
- HunterxHunter (2011 adaptation) (Their third long-running series dubbed, but the first with 100+ episodes)
- I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
- Ingress
- Jojos Bizarre Adventure
- Kakegurui
- Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
- K-On! (All seasons and the movie)
- Kill la Kill
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
- Last Exile
- Love Hina
- Love Live! (Both seasons and movie, English dub currently airing on MNET America)
- Lucky Star
- Lupin III: Jigen's Gravestone (TMS Entertainment/Discotek Media)
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (as well as Kingdom of Magic and Adventure of Sinbad)
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (so far, first 2 seasons only)
- Megalo Box
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (both seasons)
- Mob Psycho 100
- Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
- Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
- Occultic;Nine
- One-Punch Man
- Persona 4: The Animation
- Please Teacher!
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Redline
- Record of Grancrest War
- Re:Zero
- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
- Rozen Maiden (Seasons 1-2, OVA)
- Rurouni Kenshin (Bang Zoom! dub; Their first anime series dubbed at the studio and their first long-running series)
- Saiyuki (Reload and Gunlock only)
- Sakura Wars: The Movie
- Samurai Champloo
- 3-gatsu no Lion
- Scrapped Princess
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Squid Girl (Season 1 only)
- Sword Art Online
- Sword Gai
- Tekken: Blood Vengeance
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Tenjho Tenge
- Tenrou Sirius The Jaeger
- Tokkô
- Toradora!
- Vampire Knight
- Vandread
- Witch Hunter Robin
- Your Lie in April
- Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Western Animation
- The Grossery Gang (webseries based on toyline)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
- LEGO Friends (animated specials)
- Rick and Morty (seasons 1 and 3)
- Secret Millionaires Club
- Wacky Races (2017)
Video Games:
- Ace Combat Infinity
- Atelier (Took over for PCB Production as of Atelier Rorona)
- BlazBlue (Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift only. As of Continuum Shift Extend dub production was handed over to Cup of Tea Productions)
- Danganronpa (Dub for the anime was handled by Funimation with only one voice actor from the game returning)
- Disgaea (Took over for PCB Production as of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten)
- Fairy Fencer F
- God Eater (God Eater Burst only)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia (Dub for the anime was handled by Funimation but with most of the voice actors from the game returning)
- Killer Instinct 2013
- League of Legends (In collaboration with San Francisco's Somatone, and an unknown studio based in Sacramento)
- Mugen Souls
- Rune Factory 4
- Omega Quintet
- Time and Eternity
- Trinity Universe
Bang Zoom! Entertainment provides examples of:
- All-Star Cast: Bang Zoom! mostly averts this trope ever since their K-On! dub in 2011, and they have been hiring newer names in addition to several select veteran voice actors. They still do this on an occasional basis, like with Fate/Zero and Durarara!! with people like Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michelle Ruff, Crispin Freeman, and Yuri Lowenthal.
- Amateur Cast: Most of their anime and video game dubs after 2011 falls into this trope, usually involves young and newer voice talents from open auditions from Anime Expo.
- Digital Piracy Is Evil: A issue Eric P. Sherman brought up with his controversial comments. This trope is also stressed by many voice actors who work with Bang Zoom!
- The Other Darrin: Usually averted as for the most part sequels and spin-offs to shows they have already done are generally good about maintaining the original voice actors. Dubs for the sequels to Rozen Maiden, and K-On!! were able to secure all of the original voice actors despite being recorded some time after the original dub. Even the dubs for The Disappearance of Yuki Nagato-chan, and Persona 4: The Animation brought back most of the original voice actors but with a few recasts for voice actors who were unable to return. However despite dubbing the original adaptation of Fate/stay night when Fate/Zero received a dub many of the returning characters had newer voice actors and this same cast along with new recasts would happen again with the dub for the Unlimited Blade Works anime.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: Zig-zagged. At first, it seems that Bang Zoom! has a habit of doing this with their own voice actors (especially with their newer voice talents). However, since Bang Zoom! is known to get new voice talents through Anime Expo, many of the voice actors who seem to be typecasted usually break away from their typecast once they establish a professional career. In some cases, Bang Zoom! may have the voice actor Playing Against Type and end up with a new typecast after the said role. note
- Production Posse: Bang Zoom! has traditionally use the same voice actors in many of their dubs, especially when using newer voice talent since 2011. However, they still use some veteran voice actors that have worked at the studio for a while on an occasional basis.
- Viewers Are Geniuses: The casting of Lucky Star manages to keep nearly all of the references and Actor Allusions intact, and even throws in more references in some cases.
