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Past English voice actors/actresses, where did they go?

Google searches of the actor's name are quite handy for this. A quick one done on Petra Burchard, for instance, turns up that she has been doing a lot of guest appearances on American soap operas and drama series (ER, West Wing, and The Young and the Restless among them) over the past few years but hasn't done anything lately for anime.

On a little subject off-topic, I've noticed, and I think this is very obvious to us all already, that not many of the LA resident seiyuu ever attend anime conventions. I respect their privacy etc. but it's just a shame that they don't attend.

I mean take a great star like Steven Blum for instance. You don't see him around in anime conventions. And moreso my favorite, Bridget Hoffman, you don't see her around in any convention, none at all. Probably the one who attends conventions the most and resides in California is Wendee Lee.

Whereas if you pick any convention from a bundle of 10, you're bound to find at least 1 ADV person there. Let it be Hilary Haag, Tiffany Grant, Monica Rial; they're always there (heheh, maybe not always but I'm just emphasizing the point). Maybe they've a lot of free time.

Kusanagi-Kei wrote:

On a little subject off-topic, I've noticed, and I think this is very obvious to us all already, that not many of the LA resident seiyuu ever attend anime conventions. I respect their privacy etc. but it's just a shame that they don't attend. I mean take a great star like Steven Blum for instance. You don't see him around in anime conventions. And moreso my favorite, Bridget Hoffman, you don't see her around in any convention, none at all. Probably the one who attends conventions the most and resides in California is Wendee Lee. Whereas if you pick any convention from a bundle of 10, you're bound to find at least 1 ADV person there. Let it be Hilary Haag, Tiffany Grant, Monica Rial; they're always there (heheh, maybe not always but I'm just emphasizing the point). Maybe they've a lot of free time.

Or maybe they just like anime. I don't think the LA people have as much time and/or interest.

Well, it is my understanding that Steven Blum does most of his work in LA, whereas Monica Rial and Hilary Haag do most of theirs in Texas (Austin and Houston).

Steve Blum does ALL his work in LA, and Monica and Hilary do ALL their work in HOUSTON. They have never worked in Austin (and the Austin studio is no more, anyway).

Los Angeles is a bigger "union town" thanks to the movie and TV industry being centered there. Steven Blum goes by a dozen aliases because he takes non-union work and would get in trouble if it became obvious to the people in charge of the major performance unions. I'm guessing he doesn't attend conventions in part because of this.

Probably.
On the other hand, Monica Rial and Hilary Haag don't have many (if any) aliases. Unions aren't as big a deal in Texas and so they have less to fear by public appearances.

Neither Monica or Hilary (or any ADV or FUNi actor) have aliases.

It may also be that Steven Blum just doesn't enjoy conventions as much as Monica Rial and Hilary Haag do.

Actually, I heard it was because a fan at one con was rude to him and he vowed never to do a con again. Plus, he might not really care that much about anime other than working on it. Most of the VAs that are actual fans are the Texas guys.

I also went to TV.com as well as suggested by "mistress_reebi". And what I found was some guest stars of Bridget Hoffman and Dororthy Melendrez in a TV show called "The Legend of Black Heaven", which aired on AZN TV on Feb 23rd 2004.
I mean wow, I'd like to see what they're acting is like in a live TV show. Indeed, many English seiyuu have appeared in series like ER, and it's great, but the thing is, the episodes are very old, and I can't watch them on current TV!

Kusanagi-Kei wrote:

I also went to TV.com as well as suggested by "mistress_reebi". And what I found was some guest stars of Bridget Hoffman and Dororthy Melendrez in a TV show called "The Legend of Black Heaven", which aired on AZN TV on Feb 23rd 2004. I mean wow, I'd like to see what they're acting is like in a live TV show. Indeed, many English seiyuu have appeared in series like ER, and it's great, but the thing is, the episodes are very old, and I can't watch them on current TV!

You do know that's an anime, right?

totalgeek wrote:

Or maybe they just like anime. I don't think the LA people have as much time and/or interest. Well, it is my understanding that Steven Blum does most of his work in LA, whereas Monica Rial and Hilary Haag do most of theirs in Texas (Austin and Houston). Steve Blum does ALL his work in LA, and Monica and Hilary do ALL their work in HOUSTON. They have never worked in Austin (and the Austin studio is no more, anyway). Los Angeles is a bigger "union town" thanks to the movie and TV industry being centered there. Steven Blum goes by a dozen aliases because he takes non-union work and would get in trouble if it became obvious to the people in charge of the major performance unions. I'm guessing he doesn't attend conventions in part because of this. Probably. On the other hand, Monica Rial and Hilary Haag don't have many (if any) aliases. Unions aren't as big a deal in Texas and so they have less to fear by public appearances. Neither Monica or Hilary (or any ADV or FUNi actor) have aliases. It may also be that Steven Blum just doesn't enjoy conventions as much as Monica Rial and Hilary Haag do. Actually, I heard it was because a fan at one con was rude to him and he vowed never to do a con again. Plus, he might not really care that much about anime other than working on it. Most of the VAs that are actual fans are the Texas guys.

On a little subject off-topic, I've noticed, and I think this is very obvious to us all already, that not many of the LA resident seiyuu ever attend anime conventions. I respect their privacy etc. but it's just a shame that they don't attend.
I mean take a great star like Steven Blum for instance. You don't see him around in anime conventions. And moreso my favorite, Bridget Hoffman, you don't see her around in any convention, none at all. Probably the one who attends conventions the most and resides in California is Wendee Lee.

Bridget Hoffman is another one who, like Steve Blum, uses many aliases. Prominent ones she has used in the past include Ellen Wilkinson, Ruby Marlowe, and Jane Arden, so it's quite possible she has popped up at conventions under one of those names instead.

It's a good thing the LA actors don't care that much about anime, otherwise, they be on these board and you'd get in trouble for that.

One English VA I always wanted to see in person was Spike Spencer (best-known for Shinji Ikari), but I've been told by other VAs that he doesn't really "get" anime so he never does conventions.

Spike Spencer pretends to like anime but all he cares about is his karate moves (which he's probably lying about). That's why nobody likes him. Plus, he sucked as Shinji, his first major role.]

Bridget Hoffman is another one who, like Steve Blum, uses many aliases. Prominent ones she has used in the past include Ellen Wilkinson, Ruby Marlowe, and Jane Arden, so it's quite possible she has popped up at conventions under one of those names instead.

I'm a fan of Spike Spencer so don't assume 'no one likes him'.

I'm a fan of Spike Spencer so don't assume 'no one likes him'.