Jared Hedges is a writer/producer for television and video games. He was born in 1980 in

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, Texas, and majored in

screenwriting Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, deve ...

at the

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. Most of his work has consisted of English adaptation (aka ADR) scripts for

anime series is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

. He has written for

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since 1999, working as Head Writer on shows including ''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the ...

'', ''

Samurai 7 ''Samurai 7'' (stylized as ''SAMURAI 7'') is a 2004 anime television series produced by Gonzo and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film ''Seven Samurai''. The seven samurai have the same names and similar characteristics to their counterparts ...

'', '' Speed Grapher'', '' Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-'', ''

Yu Yu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while attempting to save a child's life. After a number of ...

'', and '' Tsubasa Chronicle''. He has worked smaller stints on ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

'', '' Dragon Ball'', ''

Negima ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters co ...

'', ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its c ...

'', and ''

Darker Than Black , is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Tensai Okamura and animated by studio Bones. Twenty-five episodes were broadcast on MBS, TBS and their affiliated stations from April to September 2007. The series is se ...

''. Jared's writing team has included Joel Bergen, Kelli Howard, Alex Muniz,

Colleen Clinkenbeard Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, ADR director, line producer, and writer working for the anime-dubbing company Funimation. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore ...

, Bonny Clinkenbeard, Ben Arntz, Michael Ampikapon, Michael B. Steinberg, Laura Moran, and Joelle Sellner. Other adaptation work includes the feature-length anime '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa'', and '' Dragon Ball: The Path to Power''. In 2006, Jared, Joel Bergen and Alex Muniz began writing the English scripts of the anime comedy '' Shin Chan'', which had a six episode trial run on

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in the summer of 2006. The first season (episodes 1-20) began airing on Adult Swim April 9, 2007. After a long hiatus, the last six episodes of season one (episodes 21-26) began airing December 10, 2007. Season 2 (episodes 27-52) began airing on April 12, 2008, with writers Michael B. Steinberg, Ben Arntz, Laura Moran, and Joelle Sellner added to the writing team. Jared appeared at Comic Con 2007 in San Diego and New York Comic Con 2008, promoting Shin Chan. Jared was the script writer for the game '' Stuntman: Ignition'', by developers THQ/

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, which released August 28, 2007. He also wrote English localization scripts for the games '' Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir'', ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Duel Sympathy'', and '' No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle''. Jared has also produced special-feature vignettes for DVD extras, promotional materials, and television shows on the Funimation Channel. This includes The Real Rockstar Dad: Interviews with Gene Simmons, Case Closed 101, the 30 minute documentary Goku vs. Vegeta, and the

Otakon Otakon ( ) is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August. It stands for Otaku Convention. From 1999 to 2016, it took place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district; in 2017, it moved t ...

2006 episode of Anime Road Rage. More recently, he was enlisted as the Head Writer of the English dub for Sgt. Frog.

Awards

*2006 Dubbie Award, Writer of the Year. (animeondvd.com) *2008 Shin Chan named "Best Dub" by Anime Insider Magazine, annual "Best of the Best" Awards. *2008 Shin Chan named "Best Series on TV" by Anime Insider Magazine, annual "Best of the Best" Awards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hedges, Jared Living people 1980 births People from Dallas American television writers American male television writers Screenwriters from Texas