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Chris Niosi
Born (1988-12-31) December 31, 1988 (age 35)
Northport, New York, U.S.
Alma materSchool of Visual Arts
Occupation(s)Creator, animation artist, writer, animator, voice actor, voice director, voice caster, character designer, storyboard artist
Years active2004–present
Known forTerrain of Magical Expertise, Mob Psycho 100, Tales of Zestiria
Notable credit(s)Terrain of Magical Expertise as Kirbopher and Zetto
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes as Nick Army, Neil and numerous voices
Mob Psycho 100 as Reigen Arataka
Tales of Zestiria as Dezel
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin as Garma Zabi
Pokemon as Khoury and numerous voices
Sailor Moon SuperS as Pegasus
Websitechrisniosi.com

Chris Niosi (born December 31, 1988), also known by his Internet pseudonym Kirbopher, is an American Internet personality, animator, cartoonist, comedian, voice actor, voice director, songwriter, storyboard artist and game developer. He is best known for his popular Internet flash animations and is the co-creator of the popular YouTube web series, TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise which lasted for 15 episodes, and served as the reboot of his well-known Internet series TV Tome Adventures.

Niosi has also done numerous collaborations with other YouTubers in terms of animation and writing such as Martin "LittleKuriboh" Billany and The Nostalgia Critic. He also provided numerous voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games. Some of his known roles are Reigen Arataka in Mob Psycho 100, Dezel in Tales of Zestiria, Garma Zabi in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Khoury and numerous other characters in the Pokemon franchise and Pegasus in the Viz Media English dub of Sailor Moon. In 2016, he gained his first American animation voice-over job as Nick Army and numerous other characters in Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.


Early life[edit]

Chris Niosi was born and raised in Northport, New York but frequently visits Long Island. Niosi started animating in high school after discovering Flash, which led him to create over 100 pieces of internet content throughout his years. He later graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a bachelor's degree in traditional animation in 2011 and re-located to Los Angeles, California in 2014 to pursue a career in animation.[1]

Career[edit]

Animation[edit]

Niosi began animating at the Summer of 2004 while in high school experimenting with Flash animation and video game sprites, hence his known pseudonym kirbopher15. Inspired by his and his friends' Mike Luckas' experiences on the forums of the defunct-website TV Tome, they both created the online series "TV Tome Adventures" which was published in Newgrounds on August 25, 2004.[2] The series lasted until April 1, 2007 with 73 episodes and a movie as Niosi wanted to pursue his artistic endeavor by focusing on traditional animation, in which later episodes of the series showcase hand-drawn visuals and voice acting as opposed to the usual sprite animation and written dialogue.[3]

While in college, he constructed several Newgrounds pieces and series such as Super Freakin' Parody Rangers, which poked fun of the Super Sentai/Power Rangers genre at the time, video-game based parodies such as Brawl Taunts and NiN10Doh! as well as two musical Super Mario RPG animations, Rawest Forest and Waltz of the Forest[4][5]. He got to collaborate with previous and forthcoming Internet talents such as Arin Hanson, Marianne Miller and Martin Billany. His final work before graduating was his thesis film, Balancing Act which focused on fictionalized escapades of Niosi and his friends, and featured the voice talent of Chris Zito, Micah Solusod and Marianne Miller.[6] He also gained a job working at Eduware in June 2006 doing character animation, graphic design, art and voices.

After graduating, Niosi created the reboot of TTA known as "The Terrain of Magical Expertise".[7] The first 9 episodes and shorts were funded by Newgrounds and were uploaded on Blip.tv until Niosi uploaded them in proper HD format on YouTube. The series concluded with 15 episodes on July 7, 2015. A five-year anniversary short was released on November 11, 2016.[8] Currently, a Kickstarter for a video game adaption is in the works.

Niosi also did character animation and art for selective video games such as A Hat in Time, Skullgirls and Cryamore.

Voice acting[edit]

Niosi started his first professional voice-over job at Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles after meeting voice director Tom Wayland.[9] He entered a supposed contest at a convention and was given his first audition by Wayland. He landed the role of Khoury in the series and played numerous characters in future Pokemon projects. Niosi began voicing several anime characters such as Yujiro Hattori in Bakuman, Taira in Queen’s Blade: Rebellion, Dezel in Tales of Zestiria and numerous other roles. His first regular and popular anime character became Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100. In 2017, he was announced as the voice of Pegasus for the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon SuperS. He was also a casting and voice director in numerous flash animations and video games.

In 2016, he became a regular voice actor in Cartoon Network's series, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes which aired in August 1, 2017. He plays numerous characters such as Nick Army, Neil, Pird, Ernesto and more. This role eventually lead him to join SAG-AFTRA and be represented by Arlene Thornton & Associates.

Personal life[edit]

Niosi grew up in Northport and Long Island in New York and has three siblings: one younger brother and two older sisters; one of them is Alison Fanelli, who contributed as the voice of Splat in Terrain of Magical Expertise.

Filmography[edit]

Animation[edit]

  • TV Tome Adventures (2004-2007) (co-creator, animator, director, voice & casting director, voice actor)
  • Destiny is for the Birds (2011) (clean up animator & colorist)
  • TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise (2013-2015) (creator, animation director, writer, voice & casting director, voice actor)
  • The Lift (2011) (clean up animator & colorist)
  • Sexual Marmite (2013) (animator)
  • HuHA TV (2013) (animator)
  • Game Boys: The Animated Series (2013) (animator)

Animation/video games[edit]

  • The EDUGAME (2011) (general animator & artist, game designer, illustrator, voice actor)
  • Skullgirls (2011) (contract character animator)
  • Cryamore (2013) (head writer, animator, casting & voice director)
  • A Hat in Time (2016) (animator, casting & voice director)

Voice roles/anime[10][11][edit]

Voice roles/games[12][13][edit]

Voice roles/TV animation[14][15][edit]

Voice roles/direct-to-video[16][edit]

  • Alpha & Omega: Dino Digs - Ian

Voice roles/Web animation[17][18][edit]

  • TV Tome Adventures - Kirbopher15, Zetto
  • TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise - Kirbopher, Zetto, Additional voices
  • Wonders of the Universe - Ruut2
  • Monster Boy - Asher
  • Da Ninjas - Lightning Ninjas
  • Potion Shop - Puppy Kid, Additional Voices
  • Environmental Health Student Portal - Z.E.R.O.

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.chrisniosi.com
  2. ^ http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/188938
  3. ^ http://kirbopher15.deviantart.com/art/GROUND-ZERO-52266598
  4. ^ http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/339918
  5. ^ http://chrisniosi.com/works/page/3/
  6. ^ http://chrisniosi.com/theater/works/balancing-act-2/
  7. ^ http://kirbopher.newgrounds.com/news/post/648316
  8. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZTJIz6FoDk
  9. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe-EY9PWSlc
  10. ^ http://chrisniosi.com/voice-over-resume/
  11. ^ http://kirbopher15.deviantart.com/art/Inktober-X-Voiceoctover-2016-643251579
  12. ^ http://chrisniosi.com/voice-over-resume/
  13. ^ http://kirbopher15.deviantart.com/art/Inktober-X-Voiceoctover-2016-643251579
  14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0q5NIfIRoI
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_JYVFeBZv8
  16. ^ http://kirbopher15.deviantart.com/art/Inktober-X-Voiceoctover-2016-643251579
  17. ^ http://chrisniosi.com/voice-over-resume/
  18. ^ http://kirbopher15.deviantart.com/art/Inktober-X-Voiceoctover-2016-643251579

External links[edit]

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