Before we wrap up our One Piece guest announcements this evening, we have to reveal Mr. 0 himself none other than Crocodile! Please welcome John Swasey to a massive anime lineup at the Washington State Summer Con in Puyallup from June 21st through the 23rd.
John started down the road of anime in 1997 when he landed his first role in Golden Boy at ADV Films. Since then, John has gone on to voice hundreds of shows and characters with Sentai Films, Funimation, Rooster Teeth, ADV Films, Switchblade Films, Okratron 5000, Gearbox, Seraphim Digital, and Illumitoons.
John has voiced many characters including All for One in My Hero Academia, Kumatetsu, The Beast in The Boy and the Beast, Bols in Akame Ga Kill, Undertaker in Black Butler, Salvador in Borderlands II (VG), Gendo in Evangelion, Lord Death in Soul Eater, Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist, Sir Crocodile in One Piece, Dodoria in DBZ Kai, Hades in Fairy Tale, Zachary in Attack on Titan, Aramaki in Ghost in the Shell, Jinnouchi in Summer Wars, and El Rey in Nomad of Nowhere, as well as roles in numerous live-action films including the ever popular spoof Lake Texarkana Gamera.
In 2004, John jumped to the other side of the “mic” to direct tons of shows. Some he has recently directed include Domestic Girlfriend, BangDream, Revue Starlight, Senryu Girl, and Doreiku.
In addition to anime, John has acted in hundreds of radio and television commercials and several films including the cult fav…Dazed and Confused.