Steven Blum
Steven Blum
Steven Jay Blumis an American voice actor of anime, animation and video games known for his distinctive deep voice. He provides the voice of TOM, the host of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Some of his major roles in anime include Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop, Mugen in Samurai Champloo, Eikichi Onizuka in Great Teacher Onizuka, both Guilmon and Mitsuo Yamaki in Digimon Tamers, and Orochimaru and Zabuza Momochi in Naruto. In animation, he provides the voices...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth28 April 1960
CountryUnited States of America
What I'm watching in the last two years is absolutely unprecedented, unexpected and absolutely remarkable.
We should start seeing hurricanes as early as June. They don't always wait until the fall. So, we have to be ready.
The cavalry is and will continue to arrive.
It has grown, unfortunately, because the need has grown. We cannot give up on our American youth.
And we're not fighting a threat-based force that we clearly understand.
It's going to require at least double that for a fully equipped, fully manned Guard. Job No. 1 for us is homeland defense. You've got to equip us for that mission.
About 75,000 citizen-soldiers and airmen this morning are deployed all around the world.
The National Guard that I joined was strategic reserve -- deliberately under-resourced, deliberately undermanned and deliberately under-equipped. That was part of our national military strategy.
Toonami was a tremendous vehicle, delivering the art of Japanese animation to a massive audience that may have otherwise never experienced it. I feel an immense debt of gratitude to everyone involved with the show and to every fan who supported it.
I started out doing improvised voices when I started working in a program where I read for kids in schools. I had some kids and they asked me if I would mind doing it. I was very happy to do it. Thats where I got my training before I went to the public. I did that for several years. It was actually the best vocal training I could have had.
Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways.
One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Lets just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.
Anime has been good to me. I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, feverish loyalty of the fans of the genre has been such a life-changing influence for me that I wanted to do everything I possibly could to help give something back to them.