Mala Miles

Malaquis Johnson Miles (born October 7, 1950) is an American cartoonist, voice actor, jazz musician, businessman, animator, former high school football quarterback and television producer, known for his work in film and television, most notably, the Malachi Universal franchise. He also created The Kidriends, Azumanga Daioh, The Kutabatas, My Hero Academia, Sypha, and Ami the Mermaid franchises.

Miles is the founder of Bear Bones Productions, and serves as a studio head for Sensation Animation and Maloing Entertainment.

History
Mala Miles was born in 1950 and began directing films in 1980. He is most commonly known for being the creator of the Malachi Universal franchise. He founded his own company, Bear Bones Productions (formerly known as Mala Miles Productions) in 1975.

As a kid, he spent his time drawing cartoon ants. Miles stated his inspirations to be an animator were from watching Looney Tunes, MGM Cartoons, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry cartoons on television as a young boy.

In 1978, he began his animation career, starting with working at Hanna-Barbera. He left the studio in the early 1990s, following the acquisition by Turner Entertainment. In 1995, Mala Miles returned to Hanna-Barbera to produce a series of shorts for What-a-Cartoon!.

Mala never felt like Malachi and Friends was ever gonna take off, and nearly called off the show, but a chance meeting with "Weird Al" Yankovic resulted in Mala gaining confidence to start up the series.

As of 2017, Kyle is serving as a chef in New York City, Kelly has a career in film and television in Los Angeles and Zig has a career as a voice actor.

Animation

 * Malachi Universal - Malachi, Purple Guy, Iope, Jarek, Metal Malachi, NaPurple, Walachi, Noah, Ethan, Lucas and Rele Pira
 * The Kutabatas - Matt
 * The Kidriends - Paintboy, Lil Rio 2000
 * The Simpsons - Itchy, Duffman, Old Jewish Man, Johnny Tightlips, Akira, Santa Claus, Satan, Radioactive Man, Fallout Boy, Dr. Marvin Monroe, J. Loren Pryor, God, Various characters
 * Family Guy - Various characters
 * Bobby's World - Additional voices
 * The Transformers - Galvatron, Rumble, Trailbreaker, Bonecrusher, Groove, Sweep, Nightbird, Additional voices
 * G.I. Joe - Gung-Ho, Snake Eyes, Firefly, Copperhead, Professor Braxton, Harvey Lathrop, General Howe, General Colton
 * Hey Arnold! - Marty Green, Abner
 * W.I.T.C.H. - Kurt Van Buren
 * SpongeBob SquarePants - Mailman, Old Man Jenkins, Reg, Lock Jaw, Vacation Salesman
 * What's New, Scooby Doo! - Reggie, Dinosaur Spirit, Ghosts of the Leland Brothers
 * The Replacements - Robo Fleem SGX
 * Uncle Grandpa - Hot Dog Person, Cupcake
 * The Looney Tunes Show - Crusher
 * OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - Darrell, Shadowy Figure, Boris, Deep Voice, Baby Darrell, Alien, Carl
 * We Bare Bears - Chuckles
 * Gargoyles - Bodhe
 * Camp Candy - Additional voices (season 1, 3)
 * Mike, Lu & Og - Alfred, Pirate Mate
 * Codename: Kids Next Door - Matt, Professor Snuggles, Dumb John Silver, Numbuh 65.3, Teen Ninjas, President Jimmy Robot
 * Mad - Various characters
 * If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Lone Guy, Teddy
 * Detention - Pig, Sean Gregory
 * American Dragon: Jake Long - Triangle Boy
 * Recess – Additional Voices
 * Babar - Young Babar
 * Dexter's Laboratory - Organ Grindor, Man #2, Robot, Robot #3, Robo Shark
 * Be Cool, Scooby Doo! - Gus (ep26), Mike Todd (ep51), Scary Man (ep21), Scarecrow (ep21), Sorcerer (ep17), Sorcerer Puppet (ep17), Swamp Monster (ep18)
 * New Looney Tunes - Tad (ep25), Tree (ep19)
 * Ultimate Spider-Man - Charles the Butler
 * The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Mandroids
 * Guardians of the Galaxy - Jesse Alexander
 * The Super Hero Squad Show - Thing
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy - Sir Raven, Dracula
 * The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries - Additional voices
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Booster Sinclair Munchapper (season 2)
 * The Gary Coleman Show - Additional voices
 * All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series - Various characters, Additional voices
 * Dave the Barbarian - Knuckles the Silly Piggy
 * Pound Puppies - Additional voices
 * Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - Vlad
 * Teen Titans Go! - Punk Rocket, Whimsy Cyborg, Tooth Fairy
 * The Real Ghostbusters - Scareface, Professor Norman Dweeb (season 1)
 * Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Ketchuck
 * Kim Possible - Ancient King
 * A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Gus
 * Totally Spies - Ringmaster
 * Fillmore! - Wade, Tony, Simon Prosper
 * The Little Mermaid III - Additional voices
 * The Tick - Mayor Blank
 * Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Red Skull
 * Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Additional voices
 * The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour - Additional voices
 * Little Dracula - Twin Beaks
 * Denver, The Last Dinosaur - Freddy Facknitts, Rob. Scott
 * Tiny Toon Adventures - Banjo the Woodpile Possum
 * New Looney Tunes - Gabby Goat
 * Animaniacs - King Arthur
 * Histeria! - Chit Chatterson
 * Tom & Jerry Kids - Commander, Additional voices
 * Droopy, Master Detective - Additional voices
 * Garfield and Friends - Binky the Clown, Fred the Duck, Additional voices
 * The Garfield Show - Harry, Vito, Eddie Gourmand, Additional voices
 * Mother Goose and Grimm - Additional voices
 * Time Squad - Martin Luther King Jr.
 * The What-A-Cartoon! Show - Johnny Worm, Sticky the Cat (Bloo's Gang), George, Cop Dinosaur, Pizza Boy
 * The Pink Panther (1993) - Muck Luck, Additional voices
 * DuckTales (1987) - Benzino Gassolini
 * DuckTales (2017) - Manny the Headless Man-Horse
 * Darkwing Duck - Ordinary Guy
 * Goof Troop - Douglas Twinkmeyer
 * Where's Waldo? - Additional voices
 * Mighty Magiswords - Old Man Oldman
 * G.I. Joe (1985) - Snake Soilders
 * Robotix - Tyrannix
 * Monchhichis - Snitchitt, Gonker
 * Shirt Tales - Additional voices
 * Saturday Supercade - Q*ball (Q*Bert)
 * The Get Along Gang - Uncle Marty
 * DC Super Hero Girls (2015) - Swanp Thing
 * DC Super Hero Girls (2019) - Man at Door, Francis Zeul, Mover Victum
 * Mixels - Volectro, Zorch, Krader, Nixels, Compax, Skrubz
 * Ben 10 (2016) - Geezer Bob
 * Lilo & Stitch: The Series - Sparky, Officer Kahiko
 * Dink, The Little Dinosaur - Iggy
 * Jimmy Two-Shoes - Beezy,  Lucius Heinous VII (pilot)
 * Richie Rich - Additional voices
 * Snorks - Jo-Jo, Esky, Additional voices
 * The Smurfs - Scruple, Baker Smurf, Additional voices
 * The Transformers: The Movie - Rumble, Bonecrusher, Brawn
 * G.I. Joe: The Movie - Xamot, Snake Eyes,
 * My Little Pony (1986) - Salty, Slugger, Steamer Additional voices
 * My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) - Grundle Male 3
 * Jem - Additional voices
 * Star vs the Forces of Evil - Globgor
 * The Loud House - Police Officer (season 2), Band Leader, Zombie Bran Cereal Announcer, Hector Casagrande (season 2-3), Tony, Dance Instructor, Mailman, Hotel Man, Goon #1, Airport Dad, Moving Truck Driver, Waiter (2), Middle Schooler
 * Pizza Hut - Pizza Head
 * The Jungle Book 2 - Ranjan’s Father
 * The Casagrandes - Vito, Nelson, Dog Catcher, Ronnie Annie Lookalike
 * The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) - My Bot-y Guard
 * Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring - Butch Cat
 * Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry - Film Director
 * Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Mr. Turkentine
 * Frozen - Additional voices
 * Frozen 2 - Oaken
 * Rusty: A Dog's Tale - Additional voices
 * Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Cat Spy Analyst
 * Monster University - Additional voices
 * Hotel Transylvania 2 - Additional voices
 * Jetsons: The Movie - Board members, Additional voices
 * Despicable Me 3 - Additional voices
 * Bad Baby - Additional voices
 * Toy Story 2, 3, 4 - Additional voices
 * The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Additional voices
 * The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water - Seagull
 * Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir - André

Anime

 * Afro Samurai - Patron 3 (ep1), Punk (ep1)
 * Reign: The Conqueror - Plato, Philotas (eps5-7, 10-11), Soldier C (ep8)
 * Glitter Force - Pierrot
 * Bleach - Sōken Ishida
 * Naruto - Monju, Rain Ninja
 * Naruto: Shippūden - Bansai
 * Zatch Bell - Tsuvai
 * One Piece - Uhho (Funimation dub)

Video Games

 * Final Fantasy X - Ifrit (Fayth) / Hypello / Graav
 * Spy Cooper series - Bentley the Turtle
 * World of Final Fantasy - Gilgamesh
 * Final Fantasy XIII - Additional voices

Albums

 * Jazz Crush – (1990)
 * City is the Peace – (1998)