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.
Early life Danny Mandia was born on August 23, 1954 in Boac, Marinduque.
Career 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.
Personal life and death 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.
Filmography As dubbing director Animation Original year Title Notes Source1974 Heidi, Girl of the Alps Localized as Heidi 1975 Dog of Flanders 1977–1978 Voltes V "Celebrity edition" 1979Anne of Green Gables1984Voltron 1987 Tales of Little Women 1989 Peter Pan: The Animated Series1991 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 Rayearth1994–1995Akazukin 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
Live action Original year Title Notes Source 1992–2001 Bananas in Pyjamas 2000–2006 Nonstop Localized as Girls Marching On 2001Meteor Garden 2002 Love Scar
As voice actor Title Role Dub for Notes Source Peter Pan: The Animated Series Smee Kenichi Ogata
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