I hope Funimation casts Brina as Dahlia and Iris Hawthorne for the Dub of the Second Season of Ace Attorney, as I feel she has the Perfect Vocal and Acting Range to Pull off Both Parts.
Happy Birthday, Brina Palencia! She is without any shadow of a doubt one of the most versatile voice actresses affiliated with FUNimation. Her voice may be fairly recognizable, though I really think that her range is impressive in general; extensive training FTW.
She's got a lot of performances that are enjoyable more often than not even if the character Palencia's tackling isn't necessarily so. The performances that I pretty much liked one way or another from the gal include Minoru Mineta, Kate Takayama, Hideyoshi and Yuuko Kinoshita, Ichiko Sakura, Tony Tony Chopper, Ciel Phantomhive, Mad Moxxi, Rei Ayanami, Chiaotzu, Nina Tucker, Ennis, Lyuze, Juvia Loxar, Yumi Azusa, Sora, Chibitalia, and Georgie Hebert Walker Prescott III/Cosmo.
It's pretty cool Brina got to reprise her role as Arale Norimaki from the Dragon Ball games and finally got to voice her in the anime proper. I'm looking forward to seeing how she'll pull off Arale's more notable appearance in Dragon Ball Super episode 69. She also continues to do a good job as Puar and Chiaotzu.
Also cool last year she got to be a part of the Fire Emblem franchise.
She also does a good job continuing to voice Mineta in My Hero Academia even if he is worst boy.
Tales of Xillia is a great game and yes she did great to portray Elle. But to me my favorite role of hers is Holo. Her voice got the personality down and it just sounds better than Ami Koshimizu. Though I wish her Ciel was the same as it was in Black Butler II. Despite how lack luster that was, to me this was when her Ciel was at its best.
she did so many amazing roles, flawless performances that we all love to go back to
but I want to highlight one perhaps barely known character she voiced: Elle Mel Marta.
a tomboy 8 year old girl that throughout the game Tales of Xillia 2 makes the player care so deeply for that in the end it is easy to sacrifice the main character to safe her.
Through Elle, in particular her voice, I felt the many terribly heartbreaking events of the game more than is healthy perhaps (because I cry my eyes out every single time).
If Elle was anything less convincing the entire game's purpose would have fallen short. It's hard to explain if you haven't witnessed it, but those who did will agree.
Her voice range is just superbly great & has so many damn good unique roles.
I absolutely love her roles as Mikono Suzushiro, Natsuki Shinohara, Chopper, Juvia Lockser, Elle Mel Marta, Touka Kirshima, Shirayuki, Rei Ayanami, Varona, Holo the Wise Wolf, Tamama & Yumi Azusa.
Other than that... She's such a wonderful Voice actress.
Can I just say, what a coincidence it is that she plays two separate characters both named Shirayuki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo & Snow Whitw with the Red Hair, respectively).
Good question Spider. I know for the past several weeks her updates on Twitter have all been in the L.A and Burbank area, well, minus the cons she was at in Ireland. She did mention recording something with Todd Haberkorn a few days ago, so It certainly looks like it.
@spider-batmanx12 I wish I knew aswell. Like I know sometimes voice actors will travel to the other major voice acting cities to do voice work in shows that really want them. But I doubt she flew all the way there just to do two minor character roles (her characters in Durarara 2x and Unlimited Blade Works). If she isn't moving, maybe she went there for some other upcoming roles? Like *crosses fingers* Maybe she'll be in the new Fire Emblem or Persona!
Happy Birthday Brina Palencia!!! Fantastic job as Tony Tony Chopper, Moxi, Kaoru, Elisa, Ai Enma, Ryoko Okami, and.......Nina Tucker (*sob*), among others!!!
She was so damn great as Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf, there isn't another actress in the western hemisphere that could have done it as well as she did IMO.
I also love her as Juvia in Fairy Tail, Ennis in Baccano, Kate in Haganai, Yumi Azusa in Soul Eater and she was Nina Tucker in FMA? ;_;
I admittedly haven't heard her in as much compared to a lot of other VA's and I should try to watch more with her in it. She is a fantastic actress.
Since last year I have heard so much more of her work and she definitely is one of the best VA's that FUNimation has ever gotten to work at their studios.
Ruiko Saten is probably my second favourite role of hers next to Holo the Wise Wolf of course. Saten might not be the most relevant character in the Index/Railgun franchise but Brina just gives her so much personality and likeability to the character who is already a pretty cool character in her own right.
It's awesome that she's now working in LA voicing Varona in Durarara!! She's excellent as Varona, I love that Russian accent she does for the character.
Her Hideyoshi Kinoshita was also a highlight in Baka and Test. Probably the best work she's done voicing a male character thus far and she also did double duty as his twin sister Yuuko Kinoshita.
She was also pretty great as Natsuki Shinohara, Ayako Mitsuzuri, Nae Tennouji, Chibitalia and I like what I've heard thus far of her Shirayuki.
I'm hoping she'll eventually make her way doing some cartoons in the future, love to see what she characters she could do for Marvel or DC.
She was in Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate as well? She seems to be getting more L.A roles these day, at least as far as video games go. Wonder if she's thinking about moving?
I don't know if its just games but she has been getting more L.A. roles. Good to see her possibly getting more deserved recognition.
If she does move to LA I think she'd make a killer Zatanna in the DCU
You are one of my favorite voice actors! I loved your role as Sophia from Star-Crossed and also as Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki. I followed you on Facebook and Twitter, and I subscribed to your YouTube channel.. I love you, Brina Palencia!
One of my fav female VAs, love her and her work and it looks like she taken quite a few live-action roles as well (just seen her in "Star-Crossed", watched it for the first time cause I found out she was in it), top 5 Brina Palencia roles:
1. Makoto Suou(School Rumble)
2. Maho(BECK:Mongolian Chop Squad)
3. Holo(Spice and Wolf)
4. Hideyoshi(Baka and Test)
5. Ciel(Black Butler)
Here's a late Happy Birthday and Happy Valentine's Day. But here are my top 5 favorite of her roles:
1.Ciel(Black Butler)
2.Tony Tony Chopper(One Piece)
3.Hideyoshi(Baka and Test)
4.Ichiko(Good Luck Girl!)
5.Chiaotzu(Dragon Ball Z Kai)
Happy Birthday BrinaPalencia! I love listening to your voice in Dragon Ball Kai, FairyTail, Spice & Wolf, SummerWars, One Piece, Good Luck Girl! & many others. Keep up the great work!
Happy Birthday, Brina. I'd say she's one of my personal favorites when it comes to Funimation's current roster of voice-actresses, mainly due to her being allowed to play a variety of roles and being good at them. She can voice cutesy girly-girl "moe" types, tough mature women, young boys and girls, expressionless girls, AND has done a good job taking over the roles of Puar and Chiaotzu. Not only that, but she can sing too! She's one of Funi's more multi-talented actresses and as long as she's properly cast and well directed, she always pulls through.
I'm personally hoping she will be cast as Armin in Attack on Titan; her young boy performances and vocal range lead me to believe she would be ideal for the part.
said at 4:58 AM on Tue May 8 2018