Tia Ballard
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Tia Lynn Ballard is an American
actress, artist
, comedian
, writer
, and voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment
.
She received an Associate of Science degree in 2006 from Paris Junior College with an emphasis on Theatre and Art. She graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on the psychological detailing of fictional characters, and a minor in Communication studies
. She has also worked for The Walt Disney Company
and won more than five awards for Guest Service Interaction and most Pixie Dust in the Magic Kingdom.
Tia co-created, writes, and directs for the Super Mario Bros.
online comic Koopasta.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and voice actress for FUNimation Entertainment
FUNimation Entertainment
Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...
.
She received an Associate of Science degree in 2006 from Paris Junior College with an emphasis on Theatre and Art. She graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts with an emphasis on the psychological detailing of fictional characters, and a minor in Communication studies
Communication studies
Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...
. She has also worked for The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
and won more than five awards for Guest Service Interaction and most Pixie Dust in the Magic Kingdom.
Tia co-created, writes, and directs for the Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
is a 1985 platform video game developed by Nintendo, published for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a sequel to the 1983 game Mario Bros. In Super Mario Bros., the player controls Mario as he travels through the Mushroom Kingdom in order to rescue Princess Toadstool from the antagonist...
online comic Koopasta.
Anime
- Baka and Test - Miho Sato
- Bamboo BladeBamboo Bladeis a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka, and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young Gangan starting December 3, 2004. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by...
– Kawaguichi - Birdy the Mighty DecodeBirdy the Mightyis a manga by Masami Yuki, who is best known for producing the long-running series Patlabor. His initial work on the series was quickly abandoned, but it was made into an anime, which was produced and, on the last episode, scripted by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who is known for anime titles such as Vampire...
- Kanae Kitamura - BlassreiterBlassreiteris a 2008 Japanese anime from the animation studio Gonzo and the multimedia studio Nitro+. The title is pseudo-German and literally means "Pale Rider"...
- Annika - Casshern SinsCasshern Sinsis a reboot of the classic anime series Casshan, animated by Madhouse. It premiered in Japan on October 1, 2008, following a sneak preview of the first episode at Otakon 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland....
- Hoti - Chrome Shelled RegiosChrome Shelled Regiosis a Japanese light novel series by Shūsuke Amagi, with illustrations by Miyū. A short story light novel series is serialized in Dragon Magazine. A manga adaptation drawn by Miyū is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Dragon Age Pure. A second manga adaptation drawn by Nodoka Kiyose is...
- Saya, Zuellni - Corpse Princess - Nozomi Kasuga
- D.Gray-manD.Gray-manis an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. The series tells the story of a boy named Allen Walker, a member of an organization of Exorcists who makes use of an ancient substance called Innocence to combat the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of akuma...
– Darna (Ep. 37), Katia (Ep. 43) - Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - Yoko Sawasaki
- Dragonaut: The Resonance – Young Asim
- Fairy TailFairy Tailis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...
- Happy - Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
- Shao May - Linebarrels of IronLinebarrels of Ironis a Japanese manga series created by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. The series was first serialized in Akita Shoten's monthly shōnen manga magazine, Champion Red, in 2005. It has since been compiled into eleven tankōbon, as of November 20, 2008...
– Rachel Calvin - Rin ~Daughters of MnemosyneMnemosyne (anime)is a six-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and Genco, featuring grotesque and erotic visuals. The anime was produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the AT-X network, which it originally aired on. Funimation Entertainment licensed the series in North America...
– Ruon Kamiyama - Nabari no ONabari no Ois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuhki Kamatani. The series premiered in Japan in Monthly GFantasy in 2004 ended serialization in 2010. Square Enix is also publishing the individual chapters in collected volumes with fourteen volumes released as of February 2011. The series has...
- Shigure - Oh! Edo RocketOh! Edo Rocketis a stage play written for the Gekidan Shinkansen theater troupe by Kazuki Nakashima. It was adapted into a TV anime series in April 2007, directed by Seiji Mizushima and produced by Studio Madhouse...
- O-Nui - RidebackRideback, typeset in Japan as RIDEBACK and RideBack, is a Japanese manga series created by Tetsurō Kasahara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's monthly Ikki magazine from March 2003 to January 2009, spanning a total of ten volumes. Set in Japan in 2020, it follows the story of female student Rin Ogata as...
- Rin Ogata - Rosario + VampireRosario + Vampire, often shortened to , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda. The story revolves around Tsukune Aono, a boy who accidentally gets enrolled in a school inhabited by monsters and demons. He quickly befriends Moka Akashiya, a vampire who soon develops an obsession with...
- Mizore Shirayuki - Sands of Destruction - Maya
- SekireiSekireiis a Japanese manga series by Sakurako Gokurakuin. The manga began serialization in the seinen magazine Young Gangan published by Square Enix in December 2004 and the first tankōbon was released on June 25, 2005, with ten volumes available in Japan as of June 25, 2010...
- Kusano - Sgt. FrogSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
– Melody Honey - Strike WitchesStrike Witchesis a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, three manga series, an anime OVA, a televised anime series and various video games. The story revolves around teenage girls who are...
- Amaki - Summer WarsSummer Warsis a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction romance film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animated by Madhouse and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō...
- Kana Jinnouchi - The Tower of Druaga - Enre
Video Games
- Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain SmileyComic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain SmileyComic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley is an action video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games and co-published with Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace on October 6, 2010 as part of Microsoft's Game Feast promotion...
- Geisha Puppets, Hent High Students, "I Love U" (vocals) - Monster TaleMonster TaleMonster Tale is a Nintendo DS platformer and virtual pet game developed by DreamRift and published by Majesco in 2011. It was only released in North America. It follows the story of a young girl, named Ellie, and her adventures in Monster World with her monster companion, Chomp...
- Priscilla