Kari Wahlgren

@lyndon Charmcaster hasn`t appeared in the 2016 show yet but as of now she is one of the most consistent casted character of the franchise since the original show.

@lyndon sadly for the reboot she got replaced and is reusing Tara

@lyndon When I first heard her in the Role, I mistook her for Grey DeLisle

@Soul-dragon That's fantastic!

@EPA Deane Damn you, why'd you have to remind me of that scene? I'm tearing up just thinking about it! Kari Wahlgren was truly amazing as Anemone.

@JF1991

Yep pretty much Bang Zoom and Studiopolis. New Generation Pictures doesn't really do anime dubs anymore and AFAIK she has never worked with NYAV Post on the rare occasion they do have union dubs.

Maybe if Sunrise decides to do a complete remake of the original Mobile Suit Gundam series in 2019 for the 40th anniversary NYAV Post (assuming they're contracted) gets the greenlight to have union talent and expand their talent pool.

Gundam Origin has been very successful saleswise and I can't see it stopping after the final sixth episode.

@freezeframe100 They'll do the sequel series of Eureka Seven BTW.

@Luigikun

That's right thanks for pointing that out.

And besides, she's always a nice addition to anything she's in.

@DisneyAnimefan1995 Yeah, the Marvel projects she did definitely helped get her foot in the door in terms of voice work in original animation. Most notably Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

@Hayworth

It's actually Adult Swim themselves helping to foot the bill for the new FLCL, so I'm actually thinking that should be a good sign they might be able to pony her back up, especially since reuniting the Samurai Jack cast was such a big selling point of that revival. Fingers crossed.

I'm glad that Kari finally got to voice more Transformers and funnily enough, she got to voice both fan built fembots, both Windblade and Victorion.

Windblade was always a character I've pictured with Kari's voice from the get go and needless to say she didn't disappoint as her. Voicing her in these Transformers VR events, Autobots Alliance and Quest to Cybertron and even though I may never hear the full extent of her performance as Windblade, from what little I've heard, she nails it. She is 100% how I've pictured Windblade sounding. I really hope we can get this added to the site someday cause Kari easily takes my vote in the Windblade voice compare.

and then there's Victorion, who I'm very conflicted on as a whole. Kari nails her just as well as Windblade, giving a nice deep, regal but arrogant sound for her but that's the thing, I just don't like Victorion at all, she isn't that likeable IMO but Kari does her best with the role. It's easily one of the better casting choices and performances in the Prime Wars Machinima series.

I'm hoping Kari will get more opportunities to voice Windblade again or let her voice a more likeable incarnation of Victorion.

Even though I don't really have much of an interest in watching the new FLCL anime series, it's pretty awesome that Kari came back to voice Haruko, I definitely expect her to get a BTVA anime nomination at the very least, cause it's Kari as Haruko.

Really glad she's been able to voice Saber/Artoria in nearly everything Fate being dubbed (with the exception of Apocrypha, a bit disappointing they didn't bring her in for that one episode she appears in).

Also cool she reprised her roles in .hack//G.U.: Last Recode as well as voiced Starfire in Injustice 2.

I also liked her performances as Roxanne Featherly and Shannon.

Kari's been on fire as of late and I hope the roles still keep a coming, she's easily my favourite female VA. Really hoping I get the opportunity to meet her at a con soon (since i've met a lot of my favs already).

Happy Birthday Kari Wahlgren!

@EPA Deane Ideally, I would want to hear her voice Sailor Galaxia.

@Nightmare Crusher Perhaps because Aerith was in FF7 (yeah, the later movies, but still), not the game that came right before FFXIII.

Like most of the FF12 VA's are different IIRC, not just in the dub either.

I also really loved her work on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as Tsuruya (especially with that laugh of hers) and Kyon's Sister too.

She also did a great job as Starfire in Justice League vs Teen Titans, being one of the better voices in that movie, not surprising since she's a veteran VA while most of the other actors in the cast were novices in voice acting.

and of course it was great hearing her reprise as Saber and Celty all throughout last year.

Happy Birthday Kari Wahlgren, still my all time favourite voice actress.

@Music Meister Damn straight.

@Troodon2 hell yeah!!!!!

@rebelcheese That is not her. Kari stopped doing non-union work years ago.

@NCZ I am dead certain it's her. She's been confirmed by voice identification at other sites as Bao Sanning in Dynasty Warriors 7 and 8 as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZJQEwW9Qp4 < Just like I'm dead sure this is Crispin Freeman here in Dynasty Warriors 8 XL too.

Either Wahlgren and Freeman went fi-core recently or Dynasty Warriors 7 & 8 are union projects.

@rebelcheese And I'm dead certain it's not her. All those sites that supposedly confirm her are user-submitted and/or unreliable. These are the same places that claim Chris Sabat voiced Deng Ai despite his saying that it wasn't him. If it doesn't come straight from a primary source, it's not a confirmation, but simply wild speculation.

Fa Zheng doesn't even sound that much like Crispin. The inflections and the throatiness of the voice don't match Crispin's smooth, clear, from-the-diaphragm baritone. Likewise, Lu Linqui only sounds vaguely like Kari. She reminds me more of someone like Lauren Landa if anything (not saying it is her).

DW7 and 8 are most assuredly not union projects. The lack of credits for voice actors should be a dead giveaway, not to mention the fact that the series has always been non-union or non-dubbed for budget purposes. Koei aren't big enough internationally to do union dubs.

@NCZ Thank you! It's nice to finally see someone call out the baseless speculation on DW voices, even if it's just on a small scale.

@NCZ @NCZ I understand your skepticism. I'm just going by what my ears tell me, after all.

And honestly, Fa Zheng has that sound to me, the smooth, clear baritone. I don't know of any other significant voice actor from LA who has that type of sound. Obviously it can't be ruled out that a sound-alike did the voice, though.

Quinton Flynn was confirmed involved in DW 7 and 8, though, and he's definitely union. So who knows, really?

@rebelcheese Quinton Flynn does plenty of non-union work to this day, such as Silver the Hedgehog. Crispin Freeman and Kari Wahlgren haven't done non-union work for years. Why would they make an exception for this one game? It doesn't add up.

@Nightmare Crusher

I guess not...

I did some skulking around, and apparently a voice on Sword Art Online sounded identical to Crispin Freeman and it turned out to be Marc Diraison. It might be Diraison as Fa Zheng, then. I can't tell you who Bao Sanning/Lu Lingqi might be tho. They both sound like Kari (could very well be Lauren Landa tho who has a Wahlgren-esque delivery).

This would explain why Roger Craig Smith suddenly vanished from the franchise with 8 XL too, he probably went full union.

@rebelcheese Roger is still playing Sonic so he's probably not full union. My guess is that he was busy or Koei didn't think it was worth getting him back when they could use another actor who was already there. XL's dub probably didn't have a very large budget.

@rebelcheese Roger is most likely fi-core considering that he's been a union member for a long time and is very public about his work on stuff like Sonic. As Nightmare Crusher said, scheduling conflicts are the most likely reasons for the replacement, since Roger's a pretty busy guy. I don't really like to discuss VAs' union status though.

@xstationo As long as Aniplex of America gets it, which is pretty much guaranteed since Aniplex is producing it.

@Domayv I'm pretty sure they will.

@Mikel Yes, I actually don't have the exact link to the interview, but I believe it was an audio interview/podcast with Jack Fletcher. It was mentioned that she didn't get the part because she already voiced a main character (Ashe) in XII. I'll try to dig it up in the morning; there was lots of really fascinating information in there.

@Music Meister That's not the only beautiful thing she has. ;)

@TheVengeanceKnight Agreed

@jrcarter you sure did. she was wearing a mud outfit. Kari was also in an episode of the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place a couple of months ago.

Way to go Kari for live action roles!