Jared Hedges

Who is Jared Hedges?

Jared Hedges is a writer/producer for television and video games. He was born in 1980 in Dallas, Texas, and majored in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. Most of his work has consisted of English adaptation scripts for anime series. He has written for FUNimation since 1999, working as Head Writer on shows including Fullmetal Alchemist, Samurai 7, Speed Grapher, Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Tsubasa Chronicle. He has worked smaller stints on Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, Negima, Case Closed, and Darker Than Black.

Jared's writing team has included Joel Bergen, Kelli Howard, Alex Muniz, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Bonny Clinkenbeard, Ben Arntz, Michael Ampikapon, Michael B. Steinberg, Laura Moran, and Joelle Sellner.

Other adaptation work includes the feature-length anime Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, and Dragon Ball: The Path to Power.

In 2006, Jared, Joel Bergen and Alex Muniz began writing the English scripts of the anime comedy Shin Chan, which had a six episode trial run on Adult Swim in the summer of 2006. The first season began airing on Adult Swim April 9, 2007.