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Ocean Productions Inc.
Company typePrivate company
IndustryVoice recording, ADR production, Pre-production, Post-production, Video editing, Video production
GenreAnimation
Founded1992
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia
DivisionsOcean Studios

Ocean Productions, Inc. is a production company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that specializes in voice recording and localizing foreign animation (most often anime, but video games as well) into English. Production services include voice recording, ADR, translation, scriptwriting, video editing and music production.

A great deal of their work is recorded at Ocean Studios Ltd., which they own and operate. Other studios they frequently use include Westwood Studios and Blue Water Studios, the later of which is used for more high profile productions. They may also be known as Ocean Media because of their e-mail address. They do not have a corporate web site.

Notable works

Ocean has recorded many Western-made productions including Hulk vs. Wolverine, Planet Hulk, Thor: Tales of Asgard, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Hulk vs. Thor, X-Men: Evolution, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures, and The Little Prince .

For anime, they have worked on the Gundam metaseries, including Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam, Char's Counterattack, G Gundam, Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny, and Gundam 00. They have also worked on InuYasha, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z, Ranma ½, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Hikaru No Go, Cardcaptors, Monster Rancher, Infinite Ryvius, Jin-Roh, Silent Mobius, Elemental Gelade, The Vision of Escaflowne, Zoids: New Century Zero, The Soul Taker, .hack//Roots, Death Note, Black Lagoon, Pretty Cure, Maison Ikkoku, Hunter x Hunter, NANA, Tetsujin 28, Ronin Warriors, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Sword of the Stranger.


They have recorded the voices for video games such as InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale, InuYasha: Feudal Combat, InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask, Mega Man: NT Warrior, Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X, Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon, Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo, Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Never Ending Tomorrow, Gundam Battle Assault, Gregory Horror Show, Crimson Tears, and Dynasty Warriors Gundam (1, 2, & 3).

Some of their latest projects include The Little Prince, Strawberry Shortcake, and Vanguard.

Notable Voice Actors

Note: Ocean does not represent actors.

  • Michael Dobson: Nappa, Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z), Duke Dermail (Gundam Wing), Dekim Barton (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz), Gindo (Ranma ½), Jinenji (InuYasha), Dylan (Hamtaro), Mojo Jojo (Powerpuff Girls Z)
  • Ellen Kennedy: Baba (Dragon Ball Z), Eries Aston (Escaflowne), Kyoko (Maison Ikkoku), Sarah (Zoids: New Century), Cappy, Cindy Iwata (Hamtaro), Lebia Maverick (Silent Möbius), Destiny (X-Men: Evolution),
  • Pauline Newstone: Frieza (Dragon Ball Z), Mistress Centipede (InuYasha), Kaitlin Endo, Mr. Yoshi's Mother (Hamtaro)
  • Laara Sadiq: Chi-Chi, Bulma, Erasa (Dragon Ball Z), Orfus (Elemental Gelade)
  • Lee Tockar: Ian Lee (Gundam SEED Destiny), WoodMan, Higsby (MegaMan NT Warriors),

References

Ocean Productions Inc. Staff.