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^ She seems to be hanging with that crowd these days (Zac Efron, Seth Rogen, etc). In addition to Mike & Dave, she also did a voice in Rogen's Sausage Party. You never know, she might become a major character actress in Hollywood, like what finally seems to be happening with Mae Whitman.
Also, The Shape of Water won Best Picture.
I didn't even know Wendy Lyon was in it until I read the credits. Didn't recognize her when she was in character. Apparently, the movie was filmed in Toronto.
One more example was Sarah LaFleur as Molly, a major supporting character in Ugly Betty. She really showcased her acting chops in that role, and was quite good compared to her awful robotic performance as Amara/Sailor Uranus. She also had guest roles on Grey's Anatomy, BONES, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and CSI. This was about 5-10 years ago, and we haven't heard much from her since. Her only other major voice role was Trish in Devil May Cry.
Also, The Shape of Water won Best Picture.
I didn't even know Wendy Lyon was in it until I read the credits. Didn't recognize her when she was in character. Apparently, the movie was filmed in Toronto.One more example was Sarah LaFleur as Molly, a major supporting character in Ugly Betty. She really showcased her acting chops in that role, and was quite good compared to her awful robotic performance as Amara/Sailor Uranus. She also had guest roles on Grey's Anatomy, BONES, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and CSI. This was about 5-10 years ago, and we haven't heard much from her since. Her only other major voice role was Trish in Devil May Cry.
This has also been my problem with Disney's dubs with Ghibli films where they would pick actors that were very talented with live action work but have little experience in voice acting and their voice acting would always come across as a mixed bag in the Ghibli dubs. Of course there are some actors who might be talented at both live action and voice acting and voice actors typically might have a lot of experience in live theater acting. But in general I'm not really surprised if an actor who mostly only have experience in live action acting might find voice acting to be a more difficult challenge, especially in something like dubbing anime which is done with different recording practices than voice acting in American animation.
I blame the awful (non-existent?) direction of the S/SuperS episodes of the original dub. Everyone sounded awful except for maybe Stephanie Beard as Rini and Susan Roman as Lita. Emilie Barlow was passable as Mina, and Linda Ballantyne got decent after a while (despite being a total miscast), but even actors that were good or great in earlier episodes (Katie Griffin as Raye, Jill Frappier as Luna, Ron Rubin as Artemis, Vince Corazza as Darien, Kirsten Bishop, Barbara Radecki, etc) turned in wooden, awkward performances in these episodes. The recording was very rushed (apparently 11 eps sometimes recorded in some sessions), and the voice director (Nicole Thuault) only spoke French, and had to rely on an interpreter to communicate with the actors. That was just a recipe for disaster, and I still think that sloppy dub is among the worst of all time. I don't judge any actor's talent based on their performance in it.
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Bumping this thread to respond to a post from the Viz/SuperS thread since it's kinda off-topic and more relevant here.
Kari was union during Devil May Cry 3 & vanilla 4 too, it's why she was not credited as voicing Lady in either game and had her motion capture actresses listed instead.
(^Last one is from the Lady/Trish mode in 4's Special Edition, the Vergil mode credits are the same and Nero/Dante's are unchanged from the original.)
Voice comparison:
3 [Kari Wahlgren]:https://youtu.be/bEPzZlKiXNw
4 [Kari Wahlgren]:https://youtu.be/zHNBGFsgX5I?t=4m14s
4 Special Edition-Nero/Dante Mode [Kate Higgins]:https://youtu.be/ehrnf2LuUf4?t=17m9s
4 Special Edition-Lady/Trish mode [Kate Higgins]:https://youtu.be/T1_UVFzL0NA
Kari was union during Devil May Cry 3 & vanilla 4 too, it's why she was not credited as voicing Lady in either game and had her motion capture actresses listed instead.
(^Last one is from the Lady/Trish mode in 4's Special Edition, the Vergil mode credits are the same and Nero/Dante's are unchanged from the original.)
Voice comparison:
3 [Kari Wahlgren]:https://youtu.be/bEPzZlKiXNw
4 [Kari Wahlgren]:https://youtu.be/zHNBGFsgX5I?t=4m14s
4 Special Edition-Nero/Dante Mode [Kate Higgins]:https://youtu.be/ehrnf2LuUf4?t=17m9s
4 Special Edition-Lady/Trish mode [Kate Higgins]:https://youtu.be/T1_UVFzL0NA
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My fiance is playing the new State Of Decay 2 for Xbox one right now & I kept hearing this woman in the game and realized it was Makoto/Sailor Jupiter from the Viz Media dub. Then looked in to it further and realized that Sailor Mars, Tuxedo Mask, and Umino's voices are in the game too. There might even be more than just those 4. Pretty neat
Another recast to the main Devil May Cry cast as Wendee Lee (Viz Queen Serenity) voiced Trish in Devil May Cry 5 replacing Danielle Burgio who voiced her in both versions of 4 and Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Wendee also voiced Dante's mother Eva in a flashback scene, replacing Sarah Lafleur who voiced her and Trish in the first game (which kinda makes sense considering Trish is supposed to resemble his mom) and also replacing the two actresses who voiced her in the main & DLC story of the failure that was the DmC reboot.
Other than that, everyone else is the same, including Kate Higgins as Lady (who used her Kate Davis name for some reason).
Keith Silverstein, who does the voice of Dr. Tomoe also did many voices in Skyrim. Nazeem, the conjuration made at the College of Winterhold, The headmaster at the College of Winterhold and many other characters.
He also voices several characters in Dragon's Dogma.
The person who did Mercury's voice the Viz dub also did Pauline in Mario Odyssey.
He also voices several characters in Dragon's Dogma.
The person who did Mercury's voice the Viz dub also did Pauline in Mario Odyssey.
In Days Gone, Amanda Miller voices various roles; most-notably the Bounty Merchant in Copeland's Camp.
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Kyle Hebert, Lucien Dodge, Sarah Anne Williams, Tara Platt, & Todd Haberkorn all had smaller roles; either on NERO intels, or as friendlies/enemies in-game.
Speaking of, Sarah Anne Williams & Kira Buckland voiced Tifa and Aerith respectively in Final Fantasy 7: Machinabridged, which ran 3 seasons, and will be doing season 4 soon.
Season 1:
Season 2:
Season 3:
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Kyle Hebert, Lucien Dodge, Sarah Anne Williams, Tara Platt, & Todd Haberkorn all had smaller roles; either on NERO intels, or as friendlies/enemies in-game.
Speaking of, Sarah Anne Williams & Kira Buckland voiced Tifa and Aerith respectively in Final Fantasy 7: Machinabridged, which ran 3 seasons, and will be doing season 4 soon.
Season 1:
I know there are a couple of obvious mainstream and popular roles members of the Viz cast have taken, but I'm surprised that quite a few of the actors were in the NFL Rush Zone cartoon from a few years ago. Of course, it's because they are prolific voice actors, but I found it interesting that Nicolas Roye played Ricky, an 11 year old boy, just like Shingo.