Hunter McCoy

Hunter McCoy’s Breakout Year in Anime Dubbing

A February 2nd birthday in Virginia started the story, but it was the years of training in Cary, North Carolina that shaped the performer Hunter McCoy would become. After earning a BFA in Acting from UNC School of the Arts in 2024, they relocated to Los Angeles, and almost immediately landed two of the most buzzed-about anime dubbing roles of 2025. The dual arrival of Polyester in New Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and Deuce Spade in Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation signaled not just a debut but a rapid ascent. Few first-year voice actors enter the industry attached to properties with fanbases as passionate and internationally engaged as these two.

Polyester in New Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt demanded a performer comfortable with the franchise’s notoriously unhinged energy – a mix of absurdist comedy, chaotic action, and referential humor that leaves little room for timidity. McCoy delivered, bringing the character to life under ADR direction from Angela Lopez and produced through Pixologic Media in collaboration with Trigger Inc. The role drew immediate appreciation from long-time fans of the original series, who recognized the tonal precision required to land Panty and Stocking’s brand of irreverence in English.

Deuce Spade, Twisted Wonderland, and the Weight of a Beloved Character

Taking on Deuce Spade in Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation meant following in the footsteps of Chiaki Kobayashi, the Japanese voice actor whose portrayal of the Heartslabyul student had earned deep affection over years of game content. McCoy approached the role with visible respect for that legacy, describing the honor publicly while leaning into the character’s mix of reformed delinquent energy and earnest loyalty. For a performer barely a year into their professional career, stepping into an established multimedia property of that scale represented a significant moment – and the reception from the TWST fandom reflected that the casting landed well.

The role also underscored something distinctive about McCoy’s early trajectory: their comfort operating at the intersection of anime adaptation and game-adjacent media, where source material loyalty and fresh vocal interpretation must coexist. That balance is not self-evident, and McCoy’s handling of it placed them in conversation with more experienced performers working that same lane.

Gaming Credits and a Growing Footprint

Beyond the headline anime roles, McCoy’s gaming credits have expanded steadily. Ren (Male) in MapleStory brought them into one of the longest-running MMORPGs in the English dubbing pipeline, while Roland the Bloodstained Knight in Genshin Impact added a credit in one of the most globally visible live-service games currently operating. Charlie Disco, the protagonist of the early-access indie title Dead as Disco, gave them a lead game role outside the dubbing space, a different kind of challenge, and one McCoy embraced publicly with evident enthusiasm for the project.

Male Esper Zero in Neverness to Everness rounds out a slate of 2025-2026 gaming work that, taken together, suggests a performer actively building range across action RPGs, indie titles, and live-service properties simultaneously. On the on-camera side, a credit in The Pitt on Max further demonstrates the cross-medium ambition that has characterized their early career. McCoy’s background in stage combat and stunt performance – trained through the International Stunt School and the SAFD – gives them a physical vocabulary that translates into character authenticity, particularly for action-driven roles.