Happy (albeit late) birthday Melissa Fahn

If there's a role that defines her career well, it's Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from Cowboy Bebop. I mean how can you not love a great performance from one of the greatest dubs ever made. Energetic, adorable and weird, Melissa fit in her like a hand on a glove.

While she's generally been typecast into the "genki girl" type characters, her range is actually much wider than thought, as shown with Ray Beams and Purple Heart, all of which have her use a much lower registry, and it was a pretty good change of pace from her usual mold. Another, and more recent example, is Rider, but she has barely any lines so we'll have to see Heaven's Feel for her to finally fully voice her.

Other noteworrhy performances include Eri Ninamori, Rika Nonaka, Gaz, and Neptune. It would be awesome if she gets more roles in the future so she can use her career to its fullest.

DisneyAnimefan1995
said at 8:40 PM on Thu Apr 28 2016

Happy Birthday Melissa Fahn!!

Loved her roles as Rika Nonaka (Digimon Tamers), Edward Wong (Cowboy Bebop), and her recemt role as Rider (Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works).

She definitely deserves to appear in more voice over work.

CelestialOuroboros
said at 6:26 PM on Thu Apr 28 2016

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Happy Birthday, Melissa! I still remember when I used to fawn over this VA. She was really good as Gaz, Neptune, Ninamori, Radical Ed, and Ray.

tmnisaac
said at 6:23 PM on Thu Apr 28 2016

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Happy Birthday Melissa Fahn!

Unknownsage13
said at 5:49 PM on Thu Apr 28 2016

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Happy Birthday!

Marusero
said at 6:44 AM on Thu Apr 28 2016

Happy birthday, Melissa.

Animu_trash
said at 5:20 PM on Tue Jan 19 2016

I love her role as Neptune in Hyperdimension Neptunia. her voice really fits the character in my opinion

AntiSabat666
said at 3:33 PM on Thu Aug 27 2015

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Her Rider was so unexpectedly good. Sounded like Yuu Asakawa's. Awesome VA. She's also VERY cute as well.

SaberofBlack
said at 12:37 PM on Wed Dec 2 2015

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@AntiSabat666 Makes me more impatient for Heaven's Feel since we barely got to hear her in UBW. Just another thing to look forward to about HF I guess. Haha

xstationo
said at 3:25 PM on Sat Dec 5 2015

@AntiSabat666 I knew she was going to use the Purple Heart voice with her.

Unknownsage13
said at 9:38 PM on Wed Aug 5 2015

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I'm thrown off. She did a ton of stuff when I was younger and then she was basically gone until Neptunia. Hopefully her career picks back up again.

BayleyRose
said at 11:36 AM on Tue Jul 21 2015

I love her as Tia! She just brought so much to that character.

Autovolt
said at 12:29 PM on Tue Apr 28 2015

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Happy Birthday Melissa Fahn!

How can you not love her as Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from Cowboy Bebop? She was just so cute and energetic as her. I have to say she has a pretty impressive range as well to also do Ray Beams, I was very surprised to hear her do a mature sounding character, that was a pretty cool surprise.

She definitely needs to be cast more often.

Autovolt
said at 4:25 AM on Thu Apr 28 2016

It's a shame Rider had like almost no lines of dialogue in Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Blade Works.

Especially since she showed some real potential as Rider, it was great to hear her in her lower registry again and she definitely fits the role really well...perhaps she may fit the role better than Karen Strassman ever could have?

Hopefully she'll get her time to shine as Rider when the Heaven's Feel movies come out.

Happy Birthday Melissa Fahn!

UltimateSSJ4GokouEX
said at 8:43 AM on Tue Apr 28 2015

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Happy Birthday Melissa Fahn!

Great job as Neptune / Purple Heart, Eri Ninamori, Okuni, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Rosarita Aries & Soletta Orihime.

Metabad
said at 5:23 PM on Sat Mar 8 2014

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Gun dam

Nightmare Crusher
said at 5:30 PM on Sat Mar 8 2014

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@Metabad The pronunciations in that dub really bothered me. Saying Char Aznable as Char(As in char-broiled) Znabull instead of Shar Aznable really got on my nerves.

Metabad
said at 5:38 PM on Sat Mar 8 2014

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@Nightmare Crusher I haven't really seen that dub in all honesty, I just heard it in the clip, but yeah it did sound REALLY distracting. I guess the fact that they mispronounced names as well didn't help much either.

BlankSlate
said at 3:40 AM on Sun Feb 9 2014

I keep forgetting she's an anime voice actor.

Legacyman
said at 4:16 PM on Thu Sep 5 2013

Melissa Fahn is one of my most favorite anime voice actors. She rocked as the voice of Rika from the Digimon series. I hope she plays as Rika again when Digimon Fusion is complete in the english dub. In fact, I bet she'd be perfect to play as a teenage girl looking for excitement in her life. One who starts off as an incredibly pretty face with lots of friends.

1035klitephl
said at 7:37 PM on Thu Aug 15 2013

Hey! I never seen her character as one of the time shifters named Bindi of Flint the Time Detective

kh58521
said at 11:25 PM on Mon May 6 2013

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my favorite role of hers is "Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV" or just Ed. =D

pokemastanumba1
said at 6:46 PM on Sun Apr 28 2013

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She's had quite a few good roles, but my favorite would have to be Rika from Digimon Tamers, naturally.

Happy Birthday Melissa! :-D

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
		26.1% (23 votes)
Rika Nonaka
		22.7% (20 votes)
Neptune / Purple Heart
		19.3% (17 votes)
Gaz
		14.8% (13 votes)
Maribelle
		5.7% (5 votes)
Nene Amano
		2.3% (2 votes)
Tio
		2.3% (2 votes)
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		1.1% (1 vote)
Sojiro Seta
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Frey
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SHOWS

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2015)

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (2015)

Digimon Fusion (2013)

Stitch! (2011)

Blue Dragon (2008)

Noein: To Your Other Shelf (2006)

Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2006)

Karas (2006)

Eureka Seven (2006)

Mars Daybreak (2005)

Tenjho Tenge (2005)

Zatch Bell (2005)

Kikaider (2003)

s-CRY-ed (2003)

Please Teacher (2003)

FLCL (Fooly Cooly) (2002)

Vandread (2002)

Ys I: Ancient Books of Ys (2002)

Digimon Tamers (2001)

Mobile Suit Gundam (2001)

Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (2001)

Arc the Lad (2001)

Invader Zim (2001)

Jungle De Ikou (2000)

Rurouni Kenshin (2000)

Cowboy Bebop (1999)

The Wild Thornberrys (1998)

El-Hazard: The Wanderers (1995)

Black Magic M-66 (1993)

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1992)

Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery (1989)

MOVIES

Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon (2005)

Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers (2005)

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2002)

Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (2001)

Sakura Wars The Movie

VIDEO GAMES

Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (2016)

Megadimension Neptunia VII (2016)

Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed (2015)

Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (2015)

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (2014)

Rune Factory 4 (2013)

Disney Princess Palace Pets (2013)

Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (2013)

Fire Emblem: Awakening (2013)

Unchained Blades (2012)

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (2012)

Nicktoons MLB (2011)

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (2011)

Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel (2011)

Hyperdimension Neptunia (2011)

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (2010)

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (2010)

Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy (2009)

Cross Edge (2009)

Star Ocean: Second Evolution (2009)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008)

Star Ocean: First Departure (2008)

SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom (2008)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress (2008)

God Hand (2006)

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (2005)

Suikoden IV (2005)

Samurai Warriors (2004)

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003)

Digimon Rumble Arena (2002)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (1996)

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