Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

has been involved in almost every aspect of Anime and the gaming world as a voice over actress, writer, singer and ADR director. As an actress, she portrayed Major Motoko Kusanagi in GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE, GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, G.I.T.S.: S.A.C. - 2nd GIG and G.I.T.S.: S.A.C. - SOLID STATE SOCIETY for which she won the first ever American Anime Award for Best Actress. She is also well-known for voicing many diverse roles such as Kurenai from NARUTO , Julia and Twinkle Maria Murdock from COWBOY BEBOP, Helba and Bordeau from .HACK, Jagura from WOLF'S RAIN and Caroline from VAMPIRE HUNTER D, among others.

As a director, Mary Elizabeth is currently directing all things NARUTO for Viz Media, Bandai Namco and Cartoon Network which includes the NARUTO series, the NARUTO: ULTIMATE NINJA and NARUTO: CLASH OF NINJA games and NARUTO: THE MOVIE. Among her many other directing credits are COWBOY BEBOP the series, COWBOY BEBOP: KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR, WOLF’S RAIN, DIGIMON TAMERS, DIGIMON FRONTIER and the movie APPLESEED. She was also a co-writer for the American adaptation of METROPOLIS.

Mary Elizabeth has had the great honor of singing the music of Akira Yamaoka for the movie SILENT HILL as well as the games: SILENT HILL 3, 4, 5 and ORIGINS. For the gaming world she has directed the voice work for SOUL CALIBUR LEGENDS, RESIDENT EVIL: UMBRELLA CHRONICLES, DEVIL MAY CRY 3, 3.5 and 4, SPYHUNTER, TOKOBOTS, NINJA GAIDEN, CASTLEVANIA 1 and 2, DRAKENGARD as well as many other titles coming soon!