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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · 4d

🤘 ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🤘

Gintama Seasons 2 & 3 were just released on Disney + and Hulu 🤩

Along with the great cast, I had the pleasure to help as the shade-wearing hermit lad, Kamenashi 🐢😎

May have more to share later on too!

Big thank you to Macias Group and Chris Flores for having me!

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Jonathan Jams @radiokbox.bsky.social · Sep 3

WOOOOO!! I LOVE HIM!!!!

Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 9

😤 INFLUENZOOOO 😤

Monsta's animated series, Mechamato, has been releasing the English dub of their episodes on YouTube. If you're in a handful of other Asian countries, you can catch this on Cartoon Network and Netflix 👏

It was fun to record as Influenzo here 😈😎

More Mechamato coming soon!

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✨Witchfall: Secrets of Emotica✨ @witchfallgame.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge shoutout to the wonderful voice talent you'll be hearing on Sept. 19th (Sage2025 Demo)

@miapaigeva.bsky.social
@joshportillovo.bsky.social
@v-lauxva.bsky.social
@kellygrnshld.bsky.social
@grandpierreva.bsky.social
@tjanthony.bsky.social

~ with Emily Frongillo and Jordan Dash Cruz

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Starmage @starmagerpg.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here's a little teaser of one of our many amazing VA talents for the upcoming Rave Heart+ Special Edition update!

Here's the awesome @joshportillovo.bsky.social
voicing 2 of the game's early playable characters: Milo and Bryan! #RPG #indiegame #gamedev

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 28

🐼 ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🐼

"Taste of China" is an immersive fine dining experience located in Shanghai. It had its grand opening a few days ago!

I had the honor to be the traveling Panda chef you see here, Cheng BaoBao 🐼✌️

Big thank you to Taste of China-Shanghai for having me 🙌

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 13

🐲🐉 ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🐲🐉

H2D Productions was able to do the ENG Dub to the animated film, "God With 3 Eyes" ✨️

This film's dub will be on streaming sites soon. Along with the great cast, you'll be able to hear me as the Black Dragon, Mo Qilin 🐉

Thank you for having me!!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 11

🤖 ROBO-JO-BRO 🤖

Along with Monsta's MechaMato series is the highly esteemed animated show, Boboiboy, which can also be watched on YouTube. In Asian countries, can be seen on Cartoon Network & Netflix.

As said before, it was fun to be Jo the Robo Assistant in the latest entry of the series!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 9

👏 ANIME INDIA! 👏

History is about to be made.

On August 24th, at Anime India, Vaibhavi Studios will be showing the world premiere of the pilot episode for TRIO, India's First Anime - their anticipated series.

This is BIG for India and the support has been amazing.

Stay tuned👏

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 9

😤 INFLUENZOOOO 😤

Monsta's animated series, Mechamato, has been releasing the English dub of their episodes on YouTube. If you're in a handful of other Asian countries, you can catch this on Cartoon Network and Netflix 👏

It was fun to record as Influenzo here 😈😎

More Mechamato coming soon!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 8

👏 Audition Time: Fun Time 👏

Auditions have been happening for Granite Waves, a vertical animated series on Insta. Recently, the Blacksmith is a character that's now appeared.

Looked fun so I took a break from my daily VO work to record my take on him👏

#granitewavesva

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 2

🤩 CAUGHT HALFWAY! 🤩

@erinmvanilla.bsky.social's animated series, Caught Halfway, is making great progress. A lot of heart is being put into this series and I can't wait for people to see it 🤘

Wanted to promote this movie-like graphic that was created. The art is 👌 ✨️

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Aug 2

🤘 ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 🤘

Developer 'sbesor' is making a metriodvania action-adventure game called 'For Nora' 😎

Along with the great cast, you'll be able to hear me as Adam, the lone man you control, as he embarks on a journey to save his sister.

Thank ya for having me 🫡

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 31

🍄 CARL & EVELYNE 🍄

@/steinmetzpictures has released a teaser to their next animated film, Carl & Evelyn. If you love old-style animation with adorable, unique characters facing dastardly evil, you'll love this 😮

Can't wait for everyone to see this! It was fun to be Young Carl in this 🍄

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔥The Legend of the Forthbringer 🔥

Work on @/creative_theory_world's hockey anime, Rule 56, has been happening behind the scenes. That project is gonna be wild 👏

Another anime that CTW did was 'The Forthbringer'. It was a pleasure to do!

You can hear me as the Narrator in the beginning segment.

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 30

🤩 START YOUR ENGINES! 🤩

Doing animated films is always fun and is definitely a privilege. One of the recent ones I did that got a theatrical release overseas was "Mega Racer" 🏎☁️

With the cast, I was able to help as one of the funny villains you can see on the thumbnail on the left, Wilson 😎

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 30

👏 Praise to Indie Animation! 👏

I wanted to show a small handful of recent indie animated projects I've been apart of. Also too, I wanted to give credit to the individuals or groups that made them.

It was real fun to help out with these, and some are still going on ✌

Enjoy!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 28

🔥ERIN'S ANIMATIONS🔥

Seeing how people have loved seeing @erinmvanilla.bsky.social's work, I wanted to put them together on my end and show them here. There's more to come!

Also, big thanks to everyone's support for Caught Halfway!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 28

😈 The Prince of Dreams & Nightmares 😈

In Magic! And the Boys Who Love Me, besides the red-hot king, Titus, I was able to do work as Nikolas 😨

It was fun to do this. And big thanks to Amaranthine Daydreams & Ealuna on YouTube for getting the footage!

Download on Google Play & the App Store 🔥

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 28

👏 LUCAS IN PROGRESS... 👏

Overtime, @erinmvanilla.bsky.social a has been doing work on their upcoming animated series, Caught Halfway 😮

Here's some animation work done, where you can hear some of my voice work done as well with it 😄

Enjoy!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 28

😎🔥Weight of the Kingdom🔥😎

In the Romance Mobile Game, Magic! And The Boys Who Love Me, Titus is a king who knows what he's about. Charisma is his middle name 👏

Was fun to voice him throughout this game. I have to post more of the voice lines for projects I've done overall. Enjoy!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yeah, I like doing these now :)

Meant to post this in the morning, but didn't have time. Oops 😅

If you needed some motivation, hope this helps ✌

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 24

🧐 Rotty Thieves 🧐

In @/hornstrompgames' latest episode in BR, "Steal A Brainrot", the gang are cheating, stealing, and they don't get far 🤣

This was a zany one to record for. Check it out on the Razor 3D YouTube Channel 🤘

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 24

😮 WHat ThE- 😮

Aza Game Studios is near completion with their production on 'Miremind', one of their upcoming horror games. As you play through Elias' journey, you'll encounter terror in different ways - one of them being the classic jump scare 😨

Check it out soon on itch.io!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 24

💀 ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT 💀

Genie Interactive Games has been working on the sequel to their horror franchise, The Cecil 2 🔥

Very happy to say that along with the rest of the great cast, you'll hear me as the main protag, Liam 💪

Thank you for having me!

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Josh Portillo @joshportillovo.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 FOREVER YOUR 24/7 CHAMPION 🔥

Aight, bare with me. Real talk, when the creative juices and maybe even some burnout is affecting your creativity, you HAVE to mix it up. I'm afraid of improv soooo... why not do some? And to help, why not with some wrestling? 😤

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