Kari Wahlgren - Wikipedia. Kari Wahlgren (born July 1. American voice actress who has provided English language voices for over a hundred cartoons, anime and video games.[4][2] She got her start in anime voice- overs as Haruko Haruhara in FLCL, and would later land major roles in a number of series: Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Lavie Head in Last Exile, Fuu in Samurai Champloo, Scarlett in Steamboy, Pacifica Casull, the Scrapped Princess, Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Kagami Hiiragi in Lucky Star, Saber in Fate/zero and Celty Sturluson in the Durarara!! In American animation, she has provided voices for a number of series including Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Fish Hooks, Phineas and Ferb, Ben 1. Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Winx Club, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Rick and Morty, and Fairly Odd. Parents. In video games, she voiced lead characters Ashe in Final Fantasy XII and Shelke in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Fake Cartoon Online. Early life and career[edit]Wahlgren was born and raised in Hoisington, Kansas.[5] She was inspired as a child by the Disney Princesses and other voices in animation.[6][7][8] Her parents were teachers, which encouraged her to support charities and organizations that promote reading and education later in her career.[4][7][9] On her eleventh birthday, when she and her family were in California and toured the building for Focus on the Family, she was asked to do a bit role in their radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, as an eleven- year- old character named Gloria Mc.
Coy.[1. 0][a]Wahlgren graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri[1.
Los Angeles in 2. In an interview in Lawrence Journal- World, she said that she was not getting much on- camera work, so she shifted her energies towards voice- over work, and that her experience with dialogue and Shakespeare classes helped a lot towards landing roles that involved various characters, some of which had accents or were from certain time periods.[2]Voice- over career[edit]Anime voice- overs[edit]Wahlgren's debut anime role was Haruko Haruhara in a six- episode OVA series called FLCL. In an interview with Anime Tourist, she said that Haruko was the only character she got to audition for. She depicted her as close to the original dub but with some American interpretation to appeal to the audience,[1. In a later review of the series, Bryce Coulter of Mania. Haruko that twenty- something, sarcastic and almost punkish persona."[1.
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Wahlgren's next major anime dub role was in Witch Hunter Robin, where she played the title character Robin Sena,[1. Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network said she was "pleasant, subtle and perfect for the role" and wished the supporting voice cast would demonstrate such subtleties.[1. She voiced lead character Lavie Head in the steampunk fantasy series Last Exile.
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Allen Divers of Anime News Network grouped her with the "better known names of the California voice- acting scene".[1. She voiced title character Sakura Kinomoto in Bang Zoom!'s dubbing of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, which Divers praised that "the voice actors did a great job of matching the emotions of the original Japanese voices, including Sakura's trademark expression 'Hoe!'", something that was missing in previous English adaptations.[1. In live- action works, she starred as Tinkerbell in an indie Peter Pan film rendition called Neverland, released in 2. Her character was described as a "sullen sidekick" and "drugged- out".[2][1. In 2. 00. 4, she voiced a starring role in the animated feature film Steamboy, among actors Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina. She played Scarlett, a teenage granddaughter of the corporation's chairman, described as spoiled and cruel, and generally annoying.[2.
Peter Sanderson of IGN called Scarlett one of the most obnoxious characters he has ever encountered, and hardly stands up to her movie equivalent.[2. She voiced Chika Minazuki in Ai Yori Aoshi, a little cousin character. Way Jeng of Mania. Wendee Lee's voicing of Tina Foster.[2. In 2. 00. 5, she voiced the female lead character Fuu Kasumi in Samurai Champloo. Carlo Santos of Anime News Network thought the characters sounded "well- suited to their personalities", but was concerned that Fuu "falls into the habit of sounding like every other ditzy anime girl out there."[2.
In Scrapped Princess, she voices the title character Pacifica Casull, who is hunted down because of a prophecy where she would cause the destruction of the world if she lives to see her 1. Theron Martin called her acting of "Pacifica's brattiness and deep sensitivity solidly pegged", although it is different from her Japanese counterpart as it "lacks some of the poutiness",[2. Video game voice- overs[edit]Wahlgren has been involved in a number of video games.[2] Her first voice- over role in video games was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds where she played Willow Rosenberg.[2. In the James Bond video game From Russia with Love, released in 2. Bond girl that was paired with Sean Connery's original voice.[2] In 2. Ashe in Final Fantasy XII and Shelke in Dirge of Cerberus – Final Fantasy VII.
In an interview conducted by UFFSite and RPGSite, she recounts how she received notice of the roles on two consecutive days, and said that the franchise was like "the holy grail of video game acting". She portrayed Ashe with a bit of a regal tone, after the director encouraged her to do so following a class where she was doing Shakespeare.
She describes her character as someone a girl would look up to as "intelligent, diplomatic, and can kick ass and look good doing it". In contrast, Shelkie was desired to be portrayed as very cold and emotionless, which she describes as "cold, but sympathetic."[1. In 2. 00. 7, she voiced the playable title character in the strategy- RPG Jeanne d'Arc.[8]Animation voice- overs[edit]Wahlgren’s involvement in animation voice- over took off in 2. Disney/Jetix ensemble action superhero show Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
Nova.[6] The show ran for four seasons from 2. She would also pick up recurring villain roles such as Samantha Paine aka Magness in A. T. O. M.[3. 0] and Charmcaster in Ben 1. In 2. 00. 7, she voiced Tak's friend Jeera in Nickelodeon's computer- graphics animated series Tak and the Power of Juju.[3. She voiced little sister character Suzy Johnson in Disney’s hit series Phineas and Ferb,[3.
Lil' Bush where she voiced Lil' Hillary and Lil' Condi.[3. She became a regular cast member for Fish Hooks, which premiered in 2. Shellsea and many supporting and guest characters.[3. She landed the role of Tigress in the television adaptation Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness; the series premiered in 2.
In 2. 01. 2, she had the lead role of Allie Underhill in the action series Kaijudo, which spanned 5. Gravity Falls, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, and Winx Club.[3. She voiced Meg, the starring love interest in the Disney short film Paperman which screened before Wreck- It Ralph in the theaters in 2.
In an interview with her school's alumni association, she said that she was asked to do the role because of her previous involvements in Bolt and Tangled. Recording for the film took about 3. The short went on to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3. In 2. 01. 5, she joined the cast of Fairy Odd. Parents as a starring character Chloe Carmichael in its show's tenth season.[3.
She continued to voice Jessica and other characters for Rick and Morty which is in production for its third season,[4. Amanda in a new Butch Hartman- produced series Bunsen Is a Beast which began broadcast on Nickelodeon in February 2. Recognition[edit]Some of her work has garnered recognition, awards and nominations from websites that review anime and animation. Mania. com wrote that Wahlgren’s performance as the straight- man character. Kagami Hiiragi in Lucky Star was absolute sarcastic perfection, and named her the Best Overlooked Actress for 2.