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Danny Mandia

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Danny Mandia
Born
Danny Ledesma Mandia

(1954-08-23)August 23, 1954
Boac, Marinduque, Philippines
DiedOctober 16, 2024(2024-10-16) (aged 70)
Manila, Philippines
Occupation(s)Dubbing television and film director
Years active1991–2024 (voice acting and dubbing direction)
Employer(s)ABS-CBN Corporation
CreatiVoices
Organization(s)VoiceWorx Workshop
Certified Voice Artist Program
SpouseBea de la Paz
Children2

Danny Ledesma Mandia (August 23, 1954 – October 16, 2024) was a Filipino dubbing television and film director and voice actor. He is known for being the dubbing director of various television series, mostly anime.

Early life

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Danny Mandia was born on August 23, 1954[1] in Boac, Marinduque.[2]

Career

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Mandia is known as the "Father of modern Filipino Dubbing" within the Philippine entertainment industry. He had a background in theatre.[3]

He started getting involved in dubbing in 1991 after a friend from the theater industry asked him to do translation works for Ultraman and Magma Man.[1][4] He would become a supervisor before transitioning to being a director.[4]

He did directorial work for the Tagalog language dub of various media, including live-action, anime, and Western animation.[3]

In 1992, Mandia became ABS-CBN's in-house dubbing director-translator for its main network and later the anime-dedicated network Hero. He also translated theme songs into Tagalog.[1] He also voiced Smee in the Tagalog dub of Peter Pan: The Animated Series.[4]

Along with voice artist and his former dubber Pocholo De Leon Gonzales aka The VoiceMaster, Mandia established the Philippine Center for Voice Acting or the VoiceWorx Workshop in 2005. They also founded the Certified Voice Artist Program (CVAP).[1]

Mandia became active once again during the COVID-19 pandemic era when he did dubbing directorial work for films under CreatiVoices Productions.[1]

Personal life and death

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Mandia was married to Bea de la Paz.[4] They had two children. Aside from theater and directing, Mandia was educated in agriculture and economics; as well as an educator who taught in De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, Miriam College, and Trinity College.[1]

Mandia died at the Manila Doctors Hospital on October 16, 2024, at the age of 70.[3]

Filmography

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As dubbing director

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Animation

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Original year[a] Title Notes Source
1974 Heidi, Girl of the Alps Localized as Heidi [1]
1975 Dog of Flanders
1977–1978 Voltes V "Celebrity edition"
1979 Anne of Green Gables
1984 Voltron
1987 Tales of Little Women
1989 Peter Pan: The Animated Series
1991 The Twins of Destiny Localized as Julio at Julia
1994–1995 The Legend of Snow White Localized as Ang Alamat ni Snow White
1994–1995 Magic Knight Rayearth
1994–1995 Akazukin Chacha
1995 Zenki
1996 B't X
1996–1997 Remi, Nobody's Girl
1996–1997 Saber Marionette J
1999–2001 Digimon Adventure
2002–2007 Kim Possible Western animation
2004 Ragnarok The Animation

Live action

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Original year[a] Title Notes Source
1992–2001 Bananas in Pyjamas [1]
2000–2006 Nonstop Localized as Girls Marching On
2001 Meteor Garden
2002 Love Scar

As voice actor

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Title Role Dub for Notes Source
Peter Pan: The Animated Series Smee Kenichi Ogata [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Original airing date of media; not the dubbed version

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Bagaoisan, Anjo (October 18, 2024). "'Father of Modern Filipino Dubbing' Danny Mandia passes away". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Voice Acting Instructors". VoiceWorx Workshop. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Mallorca, Hannah (October 21, 2024). "Danny Mandia, 'father of modern Filipino dubbing,' dies at 70". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Danny Ledesma Mandia, known as the Father of Modern Filipino Dubbing, passes away". GMA News. GMA Integrated News. October 18, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
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