{"rewrite":{"id":"r_04309bdbed02d2046f7da6e6","clusterId":"c_f344df1bac5725eca90473c0","slug":"voice-actor-mike-mcfarland-dies-at-56","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Voice Actor Mike McFarland Dies at 56","summary":"Mike McFarland, a voice actor who also worked as a line producer, ADR director, and ADR script adapter on ADV and Funimation series, died Wednesday at 56. He had brain surgery in January 2025 and was diagnosed with glioblastoma that August. His GoFundMe, launched by J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis, has reached US$301,786 of a US$350,000 goal, with donations paused.","whyItMatters":"McFarland's death closes out a public two-year medical fight that the anime dubbing community funded directly, and leaves one of the people who built the English-language production pipeline for Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Fullmetal Alchemist off the credits.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBrina Palencia, who co-organized the crowdfunding effort for McFarland, relayed the news of his death to TMZ. A representative confirmed it to Express.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColleen Clinkenbeard said McFarland learned of the tumor after visiting a doctor for what he believed was an inner ear infection. He had brain surgery in January 2025, a second surgery that April to find an unknown infection, and was later moved to a skilled nursing facility. The GoFundMe opened that January, passed its US$65,000 goal, and has since raised US$301,786 toward US$350,000, with donations paused.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mike McFarland's credits as an ADR director and script adapter outlast his on-screen roles, and that off-mic work is the part of the pipeline fans rarely track by name.","twitterPost":"Mike McFarland's larger body of work was off-mic: ADR directing and script adaptation shaped how those shows reached English audiences.","threadsPost":"Mike McFarland is remembered as a voice, but his ADR directing and script adaptation credits put him earlier in the chain. He decided how lines landed and what English audiences actually heard.","newsletterBlurb":"Mike McFarland, a voice actor and ADR director across ADV and Funimation titles, died Wednesday at 56. He was diagnosed with glioblastoma in August 2025 after brain surgery earlier that year. A GoFundMe organized by J. Michael Tatum and Brandon McInnis has raised US$301,786 toward a US$350,000 goal, with donations paused.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/voice-actor-mike-mcfarland-dies-at-56/.241616\",\"title\":\"Voice Actor Mike McFarland Dies at 56\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4462,"outputTokens":641,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789063164,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T17:53:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T17:58:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T17:58:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f344df1bac5725eca90473c0","canonicalTitle":"News\nVoice Actor Mike McFarland Dies at 56","representativeArticleId":"a_c60e5e2bceac0a45d1b2c83e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mike McFarland\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T17:12:35.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T17:12:35.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T17:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/voice-actor-mike-mcfarland-dies-at-56/.241616","title":"News\nVoice Actor Mike McFarland Dies at 56"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Mike McFarland"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}