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I only Just Finished Watching Cowboy Bebop and Without a Doubt, Faye Valentine is my Favourite Character in the Show, especially for her Poignant Development in Throughout it. Obviously You Need a Great Voice Actress to Bring her to Life and My Word did Wendee Lee work Wonders in the Role.
Her Performance as Alpha 6 also redeemed the Character in my Eyes, bringing an Adorable Childlike quality to him replacing his Obnoxious Persona in Power Rangers Turbo.
I also love her Performances as Charlotte Elbourne, Kei, Angel, Queen Serenity and Hana Tsu-Vachel
Happy Birthday Wendee Lee!! She does an incredible job voicing T.K, Faye Valentine, Haruhi, Yoruichi Shihoin, Shura Kirigakure, etc.. and still going strong these past 3 decades of voiceover.
Here's to hope that she gets to work in more exciting projects this year and eventually get a role in "Hunter x Hunter" before it ends it's run.
1) Linko (Street Fighter II V)
2) Lana Lazarenko (Superman: Red Son)
3) Lisa (Castlevania: Symphony of Night)
4) Succubus (Castlevania: Symphony of Night)
5) Lara (Superman: Red Son)
One of the most versatile voice actors and directors that still remains active in anime dubbing and it's incredible that her voice has remained unchanged in the last 3 decades, now that's flexibility!!!
I also really like her Bulma in Bang Zoom's dub of Dragon Ball Super, a huge and vast improvement from her earlier work in the old Harmony Gold dub. I think she's now my 2nd favourite English voice for Bulma.
Overall, Wendee's performance and reprisal as Bulma remains to be one of the best performances in the Bang Zoom! dub of Dragon Ball Super, shame the dub is most likely cancelled as I would've liked to have heard her do the Goku Black/Future Trunks arc.
It's also cool that she took over the role of Lyn in the Fire Emblem franchise. While I'm no Fire Emblem fan, she is a huge improvement from Lani Minella, who I always thought sounded a bit too deep in the role. It'd be nice if she got to reprise her in the next Super Smash Bros. game.
and while I haven't gotten around to watching The Testament of Sister New Devil yet, it's really cool that she not only voice directed it but also voiced Chisato Hasegawa. She seems like a perfect casting choice on paper.
Happy Birthday, Wendee Lee! Many years have passed and she remains one of the most flexible VAs in the anime dubbing scene, as well as one of the most prolific. Her range is without exaggeration stunning and the level of passion she brings to her roles is super admirable. Wendee will forever be in my arsenal of all-time favorite voice actresses.
Speaking of roles, the performances I like best from Wendee Lee consist of Akane Owari, Faye Valentine, Blanc/White Heart, Shura Kirigakure, Haruhi Suzumiya, Konata Izumi, BlackRose, Fuuka Yamagishi, Athena Cykes, Yoruichi Shihoin, Tatsuki Arisawa, Aaroniero Arruruerie, Dokuro Mitsukai, Sekhmet, Kejoro, Natto-Kozo, Saori Maki, Alpha 6, T.K., Kei, Chai Xianghua, Clover, Twilight Suzuka, Maya Natsume, Kiva Andru, Neyn, and Dorothy. It's also nice to hear her as Bulma again in the Bang Zoom! version of Dragon Ball Super.
My favourite roles from her are Haruhi Suzumiya and T.K. And I also love her performances as Bulma, Veronica, Maria, Inko, Sumire Kano, Lyn, Sophia, Natalia Kaminski, Dokuro, Sera, and Athena Cykes!
happy (albeit late) birthday, Wendee Lee, the American Megumi Hayashibara!
One of the most experienced and also versatile VAs (she can voice a variety, such as little girls, teen girls, adult girls, sexy women, young boys, and a bunch of character archetypes) in the anime dub industry (she dates back to the Robotech era of the mid-80s), and even after all of these years (she's now 56), she still maintains her vocal range. Noteworthy roles include Faye Valentine, Yoruichi Shihoin, Haruhi Suzumiya, Kei, Kiyone, Ayane, Lisa Lisa, Natalia Kaminski, Konata Izumi, Kycilia Zabi, Queen Serenity, Blanc/White Heart, Shura Kirigakure, and Sumire Kano.
In addition to having a good voice portfolio, she also makes good work as an ADR director, with works including the first two Patlabor movies (Bandai Visual USA dub), Bleach, and Outlaw Star. I wish she got more ADR director work so she can really show her potential.
Easily one of the most versatile voice actresses in Anime, and it's impressive the amount of characters she can voice ranging from young girls, women, teens and little boys as well. Not to mention, that she's been active in anime voice over alongside the likes of Tony Oliver, Barbara Goodson, etc.. since the Streamline/Robotech days, 30 years ago with little to no change in her voice.
I loved her roles as Faye Valentine, T.K., Yoruichi Shihoin, Shura Kirigakure, Sumire Kano, Neyn, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Kinko.
@DisneyAnimefan1995 I also forgot that she also does an incredible job as an ADR voice director on several different games and Anime, hope she continues to do more very soon. :)
Happy Birthday, Wendee Lee! You're THE best actress in ALL anime medium! Hope U have FUN with UR family & friends on a Super Saturday! Best Bday wishes 2U& in the future!
One of the most versatile LA voice actors, she could voice almost anyone, young girls, teens, older women, boys up to teen years with a wide amount of characterizations
I can't believe how old she is yet how youthful her voices today are. (Athena Cykes and Sasha Buckler in Dual destinies) please don't lose that voice soon
Happy Birthday Wendee Lee, one of the sexiest voices in anime.
I love her voice as Faye Valentine, Yoruichi, Shura Kirigakure, Natalia Kaminski, Antonia Bellucci, Neyn, Sumire Kano and she was hilarious Inko. I also like her boy voice she's used for T.K and Yahiko Myojin.
Last Year I finally got around to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and wow she was really fantastic as Haruhi. She managed to bring a lot of energy to the role.
I also loved her performances as Queen Serenity, Lisa Lisa, Kasane Kujiragi, Maju Kuzuhara, Margot Langer (Fake), Keijoro, Natto Kozo, Saori Maki, Umewakamaru (7 Years Old), Hotaru, Yoko Nakaizumi, Neyn and she showed some promise as Bulma in Harmony Gold's dub of Dragon Ball.
She's definitely one of the most talented and versatile VA's in the industry.
Congratulations, Wendee Lee! You've amassed 300 character roles! Proud 4U! Loved you as Faye Valentine! UR1 of THE best in the Voice Acting Industry! God bless U!
Happy Birthday Wendee Lee
As a present, here are my top 10 of her roles:
1.Yoruichi(Bleach)
2.Shura Kirigakure(Blue Exorcist)
3.Athena Cykes(Phoenix Wright)
4.Avatar(Female)(Fire Emblem Awakening)
5.Kiva(Megas XLR)
6.Yugito Nii(Naruto Shippuden)
7.T.K(Digimon)
8.Fate Valentine(Cowboy Bebop)
9.Haruhi Suzumiya(Haruhi Suzumiya)
10.Dorothy(MAR)
Among my favourite voice actresses. Ability to play a large spectrum of characters ranging from young to older females and young male characters like T.K from Digimon. Voice acting since the days of Robotech, to the 1990's and continuing into the 21st century. She has seen the progression of voice acting for dubbing Anime when recording studio's used VHS tapes to the present day where its all digital.
She was a great guest on 1337 lounge live on Wednesday 5th February 2014 where she did her lady at the nail salon and the Lebanese hair dresser characters to comedic affect.
If she ever landed at Funimation and Seraphim digital studios to do in-house recording, it wouldn't surprise if the likes of Mike McFarland, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Chris Bevins and Chris Ayres jumping at the chance to work with her.
said at 12:33 PM on Tue May 1 2018
1. Faye Valentine(Cowboy Bebop)
2. Kiva Andru(Megas XLR)
3. Saki Arima(Your Lie In April)
4. Natalia Kaminski(Fate/Zero)
5. Twilight Suzuka(Outlaw Star)
6. Sonia Sky(Mega Man Star Force)
7. Kei(Akira)
8. Yahiko Myojin(Rurouni Kenshin)
9. Sayoko Uehara(Persona 4)
10. Lisa Lisa(Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)
11. Yumi(Rurouni Kenshin)