<P> John Michael Tatum (born May 25, 1976 in McKinney, Texas) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer at Funimation / OkraTron 5000 who provides voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series . </P> <P> At the Florida Supercon 2015 panel, when he was asked what was his inspiration to go into voice acting, Tatum said that when he was young he had a speech impediment and his speech coach had him get involved in theater; in reciting and memorizing, they noticed that his stuttering would disappear . He then got into drama and theater acting, and that voice acting is great in that it enables him to play more characters than on camera . </P> <P> In 2005, Tatum was discovered by Funimation ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in Samurai 7 . Tatum has been cast in several notable roles, including Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, France in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, and Eneru in One Piece . Recently, he was cast as the voice of Rei Ryuugazaki in the English dub of Free!--Eternal Summer . </P> <P> From January 2010 to January 2014, John hosted That Anime Show with friend and co-worker Terri Doty and ADR Engineer Stephen Hoff . Numerous times, he has expressed his deep love for anime, Doctor Who, Vincent Price, and William Shakespeare . </P>

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