David Wald is an American voice actor who voices in English dubs of Japanese anime. Some of his major roles include: Gajeel Redfox in ''

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in ''

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in ''

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'', and Master Chief in ''

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''. He is involved in productions for

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ADV Films A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Gr ...

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Seraphim Digital Sentai Studios is an American post-production studio of Sentai Filmworks, a subsidiary of AMC Networks located in Houston, Texas. The studio was founded in 1995 as Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, the in-house studio of ADV Films. It was renamed A ...

and

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) in Texas. He is gay and advocates bringing positive queer representation in dubbed anime. He served as ADR director for

dubs of yuri and

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titles: '' Love Stage'', '' Bloom into You'', '' Hitorijime My Hero'', and '' Kase-san and Morning Glories''. In October 2024, Wald accused Crunchyroll of opening his private mail, throwing away letters and distributing included items to staff. A Crunchyroll spokesperson said the company was investigating. Wald said the following month that he would depart his role in ''Fairy Tail'' and would not return to Crunchyroll's studio.

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