Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks

Send a text It’s another week and the guys have on the incredible Ethan Gallardo. You might have heard Ethan as Manual in My Hero Academia or even Ikaros and Senor Pink in One Piece! The guys are talking all about Ethan’s career with Funimation, filming movies in another country and over dubbing Japanese live action. Be ready to laugh and have a blast and learn all about Ethan and his life.  As al...

Send a text This week dreams are coming true over here on the podcast as the guys have brought on the incredible Annakin Slayd. For all our SPNFamily, Annakin is the voice behind Dean Winchester in the Supernatural Animated Series. However, that’s not all, Annakin also wrote on the game Deus Ex and is a well known Habs fan known for his team anthems.  As always make sure you support the podcast by...

Send a text Rolling in again for another week of Leveling Up and the guys are dorking out with the wonderful Daisy Guevara. You might have heard her voice as Black Cat in Akudama Drive, Spider-Girl in the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game and you can catch her in the upcoming murder mystery cartoon, Wild Card, voicing the role as Stella Lumen. Make sure you follow Daisy on all her social medias...

Send a text The boy are back again and we are starting off August with a bang as the boys bring on their brand new pal, Matthew David Rudd. MDR has been the voice behind so many of your favorite creatures like Panda from Jujutsu Kaisen and Rak from Tower of God. Learn all about Matthews upbringing in music and how he transitioned to acting and getting into voicing for your favorite animes. This is...

Send a text Keeping it rolling right along here on Leveling Up, the guys have brought on the incredible Dani Chambers, who you might know as Mahoro in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, Miwa in this summers new hit anime, Wonder Egg Priority and also as Mai Ninomiya in the new animated movie Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. We talk all  about growing up and being introduced to anime in the United Stat...

Send a text This week the guys are keeping it moving by having on one of the sweetest individuals in the community, voice actress Brianna Roberts. Brianna is known as the mother of anime and she has provided the voices to some of your favorites like Attack on Titan, Astra: Lost in Space, Fruits Basket and one of this seasons most talked about animes, Wonder Egg Priority. Learn more about how Brian...

Send a text The guys are back with improv specialist and voice actor Alex Mai and they are having a few laughs and talking shop. Learn all about Alex's upbringing, growing up in a strict household, finding his love for voice acting and how much he loves doing improv. Make sure you check Alex out in some of the biggest animes like My Hero Academia and Dragon Ball Super, or in the video game Bo...

Send a text It's the first episode of July and the guys are chatting with their good pal Ben Balmaceda, who is educating the gang on the people of Chile, being Chilean while growing up in England and how when he finally moved to the states, it felt like home. Ben has an incredible life story and has been in some of the biggest animes out right now like Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia. So...

Send a text We are coming up on the Fourth of July and the guys are celebrating on the pod by doing the most American thing you can do, talking about cartoons that are made specifically to sell toys! And they are bringing on the voice actor Jason Marnocha, who is the new voice behind the iconic villain in the Transformers franchise, Megatron. They are talking all about Transformers, movies, video...

Send a text Rebellious D is BACK! Along side the help of last weeks guest, Kdin Jenzen, the guys were able to revive D with the dragon balls and bring him back to earth, just in time to sit down and chat with this weeks guest, Rachel Glass. Rachel is known for voicing Mitsuki Bakugo aka Bakugo's mom in My Hero Academia, Leo in One Piece, Catelyn in the Fairy Tale: Dragon Cry movie, among many...

Send a text At Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks, the guys celebrate everyone from all backgrounds, races, religions, genders and sexuality; with that being said, the guys have an incredible guest this week, the amazing, wonderful, talented Kdin Jenzen. Kdin is an Internet and YouTube personality, podcast host and successful voice actress most known for her work with Rooster Teeth as May Marigold in...

Send a text The guys have done it again! But this time it's with the legend herself, Linda Young. Linda is talking all about growing up in theater, her audition at Funimation and why Frieza's laugh sounds suspiciously a lot like her own. Make sure you stick around to the end as the most evil villian makes an appearance...Will the guys make it through the podcast alive? Find out on the ne...

Send a text The brand new Toucan Sam is taking us through the loop this week and his name is Matthew Curtis! You have heard his voice in animation, commercials, video games and all kinds of narrations. Now you get to hear all about his upbringing, how he got into voice over, what his first career choice was and see just how goofy these dudes can get. So listen and have some laughs with us and enjo...

Send a text The guys are back and the voice acting community have really embraced them and just keep coming on! This week is the incredibly talented Morgan Berry, who is not only known as a great VO talent, but also has a singing career by the name of The Unknown Songbird. You can catch Morgan as Thirteen in My Hero Academia and Moroha in Yashahime, the Inuyasha spin off. As always make sure you s...

Send a text Actress Deneen Melody has decided to drop by the podcast for a very lengthy conversation about dance, theater, horror, video games and of course, anime. Listen to her journey as she talks about growing up on a farm in Texas, moving to Chicago to be in B horror movies and then taking her talents to Cali where she eventually ended up voice acting in your favorite animes. This episode is...

Send a text This week the boys have brought on their new friend Brienne Olvera and they are talking all about anime, video games and FOOD! Brienne talks all about how she got into voice acting, working for some of the biggest names in the anime dub community and watching yourself in a movie at a movie theater! This episode is filled with hidden gems and tons of laughs. So laugh along with us and e...

Send a text Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks would like to start off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a very special guest all the way from Bukidnon, Philippines and that is the incredible comic book illustrator known as Harvey Tolibao. You may have seen Harvey's name on some of your favorite comics including X-Men, Iron Man, Green Arrow, Star Wars and so many others of...

Send a text On today's episode, the guys got to chat with an incredible actor, activist and human being, Mason Alexander Park. You might have heard their name before from the controversy that surrounded their casting as Gren, in the Netflix live action adaption of Cowboy Bebop. Mason talks all about the announcement, dealing with internet trolls, being non-binary in Hollywood, how they got in...

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Send a text Nazeeh Tarsha has THE VOICE according to Benjamin Banks, and you can hear that voice on so many projects like Fire Emblem Heroes as Lex, Grucius in That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, Raihan in Pokemon: Twilight Wings and so many others. Nazeeh is talking about how he got into acting, working at Okratron 5000 and Christopher Sabat being his boss, casting and working as an assistan...

Send a text This week on Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks, the guys have brought on the extremely talented Lee George. From performing theater to dubbing anime, Lee George  has a unique range of talent that can't be denied. You might have heard his voice in Listeners as the one and only Jimi Stonefree, or even as Ikuya Kirishimi in the hit anime series, Free!. You can also catch Lee on stage d...

Send a text Who knew that when Chris Grine created a silly little creature named Chickenhare that it would evolve to him becoming the man who brought us the graphic novel adaption of Animorphs. With his new series, Secrets of Camp Whatever, being published by Scholastic Graphix, Chris is stamping his name as one of the great children's graphic novelist. You will be sure to continue to hear th...

Send a text This week the boys are getting REAL, as they bring on actress, director, producer, podcaster, author and whatever else she wants to do, Brianne Davis. Brianne has starred in the hit movies Prom Night and Jarhead while also lending her talents to the tv shows Six, Lucifer and True Blood. The guys are branching out as they talk about Brianne's book "Secret Life of A Hollywood S...

Send a text The nerdom has been off the charts as we have on our brand new friend of the podcast, Mark Allen Jr. The guys are diving deep as they chat with Mark about his love for Final Fantasy X, DJing and the Trance community and you guessed it from the title, his passion for chasing storms. You can catch Mark voicing Karin Sasaki in Fire Force and his role as Ukyo Saionji in Dr. Stone. Learn mo...

Send a text The boys are back with another new episode and they are bringing back ANOTHER voice actor(ess) by the name of Lily Lammers! They are really nerding out this time talking about alot of anime and a lot of western cartoons! Make sure you follow Lily on all their social medias! Thanks for tuning in yet again to another brand new episode of Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks As always make sur...