Ayres is best known for voicing the character Frieza in the Dragon Ball Z series, and has also voiced characters in Gantz, Tamako Market, Phi-Brain – Puzzle of God, Gintama, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Sengoku Basara, Initial D, and Tears to Tiara.
Non-profit corporation Anime Twin Cities Inc. launched a fundraising campaign for the medical expenses of voice actor Chris Ayres, who has been diagnosed with end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), on Wednesday.
Ayres requires a double lung transplant to survive, along with two additional surgeries.
Due to his hospitalization, Ayres has not been able to work since March.