The fundraising stated at the time that Ayres required a double lung transplant to survive, along with two additional surgeries.
In November 2017, non-profit corporation Anime Twin Cities Inc. launched a fundraising campaign for Ayres’ medical expenses.
Voice actor Chris Ayres announced on Twitter on Friday that he received a lung transplant on October 31, after having been on a transplant list for almost two years.
Ayres is best known for voicing the character Frieza in the Dragon Ball Z series (and Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Super: Broly), and has voiced characters in Gantz, Tamako Market, Phi-Brain – Puzzle of God, Gintama: The Movie, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Sengoku Basara, Initial D, and Tears to Tiara.