Danny Mandia | |
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| Born | Danny Ledesma Mandia August 23, 1954 Boac, Marinduque, Philippines |
| Died | October 16, 2024 (aged 70) Manila, Philippines |
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| Years active | 1991–2024 (voice acting and dubbing direction) |
| Employer | ABS-CBN Corporation |
| Organization(s) | VoiceWorx Workshop Certified Voice Artist Program |
| Spouse | Bea de la Paz |
| Children | 2 |
Danny Ledesma Mandia (August 23, 1954 – October 16, 2024) was a Filipino film and television director. He is known for being the dubbing director of various television series, mostly anime.
Danny Mandia was born on August 23, 1954 in Boac, Marinduque.
Mandia is known as the "Father of modern Filipino Dubbing" within the Philippine entertainment industry. He had a background in theatre.
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. He would become a supervisor before transitioning to being a director.
He did directorial work for the Tagalog language dub of various media, including live-action, anime, and Western animation.
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. He also voiced Smee in the Tagalog dub of Peter Pan: The Animated Series.
Mandia was married to Bea de la Paz. 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.
Mandia died at the Manila Doctors Hospital on October 16, 2024, at the age of 70.
| Original year | Title | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Heidi, Girl of the Alps | Localized as Heidi | |
| 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 |
| Original year | Title | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–2001 | Bananas in Pyjamas | ||
| 2000–2006 | Nonstop | Localized as Girls Marching On | |
| 2001 | Meteor Garden | ||
| 2002 | Love Scar | ||
| Title | Role | Dub for | Notes | Source |
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| Peter Pan: The Animated Series | Smee | Kenichi Ogata | ||