Wendee Lee
American voice actress (active 1981–present)
Wendee Lee
Lee in 2008
Other names Wendee Swan Wendee Day Elyse Floyd Occupations Voice actress director writer Years active 1981–present
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.[ 1]
Early life
Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school and got in trouble for it.
Career
Lee's first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds , one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross.[ 2] She also worked with Streamline on several anime productions including Dragon Ball .[ 3] She would continue dance and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreographer, and dance instruction.[ 2]
Lee's major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of Akira , Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop , Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin , Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on Digimon Adventure , Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky Star . She has also worked as an ADR director on Bleach , Love Hina and Outlaw Star and a casting director on The Night B4 Christmas . In 2014–2015, she voiced Queen Serenity in the Viz Media re-dub of the classic Sailor Moon series and the new Sailor Moon Crystal series.[ 4] [ 5]
In 2023, Lee was embroiled in controversy after a decision by Viz Media and Studiopolis to not move forward with Anairis Quiñones as Yoruichi Shihōin , with the role in Bleach being reprised by Lee.[ 6] [ 7]
In popular culture
Professional wrestler AJ Lee adopted the latter part of her ring name in honor of Lee.
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Feature films
Direct-to-video and television films
Live-action
Video games
Documentaries
Notes
^ a b This title does not list English voice actor credits
References
^ Sheffield, Brandon. "Gamasutra – Q&A: Wendee Lee Talks Voice Acting In Games" . Gama Sutra . Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ a b "Otakon 2014 Guests" . otakon.com . Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2015 .
^ Samantha Ferreira (April 10, 2014). "Wendee Lee Talks To Anime Herald" . Anime Herald . Retrieved March 6, 2015 .
^ a b c "Sailor Moon English Dub Clip Previews Volume 2" . Anime News Network . Retrieved March 27, 2015 .
^ a b c d "Viz Media Reveals More English Dub Cast for Sailor Moon R Anime" . April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015 .
^ Mateo, Alex (October 25, 2023). "Anairis Quiñones to No Longer Voice Yoruichi in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime's English Dub" . Anime News Network .
^ Parrish, Ash (October 25, 2023). "The messy story of the Bleach voice acting controversy, explained" . The Verge .
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"Wendee Lee – Resume" . Jeff Zannini Celebrity Talent . Archived from the original (website) on May 25, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018 .
^ https://twitter.com/WendeeLeeVO/status/1187052256987734016 [bare URL ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am "Wendee Lee (visual voices guide)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved March 6, 2015 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web }}
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^ a b c d e "Wendee Lee Anime Boston Info" . Anime Boston . Retrieved March 15, 2015 .
^ a b c d "London Comic Con welcomes Wendee Lee" . MCM London Comic Con . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2015 .
^ Sevakis, Justin (August 16, 2007). "Buried Treasure" . Anime News Network. Retrieved October 16, 2015 . Other roles (including David "Solid Snake" Hayter as Bernard and Wendee Lee as Al's next-door-neighbor and Federation pilot Chris turn in solid performances.
^ The adventures of mini-goddess. / Volume 4, The Skuld files (DVD video, 2002) . [WorldCat.org]. February 22, 1999. OCLC 178860810 .
^ Halek, Loren (September 12, 2002). "Love Hina – Love Hurts (Vol. 4) : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video" . Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved June 21, 2014 .
^ "The Making of Love Hina", Love Hina Vol. 4 DVD extra, AnimePop
^ "Amazon.com: Love Hina: Complete Series Box Set: Yûji Ueda, Yui Horie, Masayo Kurata, Yu Asakawa, Reiko Takagi, Junko Noda, Megumi Hayashibara, Yukie Maeda, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Michio Miyashita, Satsuki Yukino, Yumiko Kobayashi, Kôichi Sugitani, Shigeru Ueda, Wendee Lee, Maki Terashima-Furuta: Movies & TV" . Amazon . February 24, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ MacDonald, Christopher (May 10, 2002). "Real Bout High School DVD 1 – Review" . Anime News Network. Retrieved June 21, 2014 .
^ "Chobits: The Complete Series (a J!-ENT Anime Blu-ray Disc Review)" . J!-ENT - j-entonline.com . Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ Marmalade Boy . Episode 3. Event occurs at Closing credits, English cast.
^ Hebert, Kyle (January 9, 2006). "New Projects on DVD and Updates" . KyleHebert.com .
^ "The Smiling Senshi ". Grenadier . Episode 1.
^ "First Snowfall" . Boys Be... . Episode 11 . Manga Entertainment. Event occurs at 21:38 (JP cast) 22:51 (EN cast). Retrieved July 8, 2014 .[dead YouTube link ]
^ "Hare+Guu – Cast – Weda" . Hare+Guu (squarespace) . Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
^ "A Big, Black, Hard, Shiny, Smelly, Noise-Making Creature". Hare+Guu . Episode 9. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Voice Cast.
^ "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00 ". The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya . Season 1. Episode 1. April 2, 2006.
^ Ohanesian, Liz (June 28, 2010). "The Fandom of Haruhi Suzumiya" . Retrieved June 20, 2015 .
^ "Aniplex's Blue Exorcist TV Series to Debut on TOONAMI™ On February 22nd" . Anime News Network . February 10, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2015 .
^ "Staz Attacks in Blood Lad's First Dub Trailer" . SnapThirty . Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^ "Viz Media Announces Blood Lad's English Dub Cast" . May 16, 2014 . Retrieved July 15, 2014 .
^ "Commencement". Knights of Sidonia . Season 1. Episode 1. April 11, 2014. Netflix.
^ "Netflix Announces 'Knights of Sidonia' Second Anime Season" . The Fandom Post . June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015 .
^ Lee, Wendee (June 14, 2015). "Happy to announce Season 2 of Doraemon for Disney XD - I Direct a super fab cast and play Sue's Mom and a variety of other fun characters to find" . Facebook . Retrieved June 26, 2015 .
^ "Gundam the Origin I's 1st 7 Minutes English-Dubbed & Subtitled" . Anime News Network . Retrieved May 13, 2015 .
^ " 'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – Sorrowful Artesia' Anime Episode Gets English Language Trailer" . The Fandom Post . March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "Second 'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin' Anime Episode Titled" . The Fandom Post . March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015 .
^ "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan English Dub Reunites Haruhi Cast" . Anime News Network . May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015 .
^ Lee, Michelle (March 6, 2015). "Hyperdimension Neptunia Cast and Release Date" . Funimation Blog. Retrieved March 7, 2015 .
^ Lee, Michelle (March 16, 2015). "BlazBlue: Alter Memory" . Funimation Blog. Retrieved March 16, 2015 .
^ Lee, Wendee (April 30, 2015). "Cool new series I directed - The Mermaid in me loves it! Freaky Fish Knee by Yours truly - Coming this July" . Facebook . Retrieved May 7, 2015 .
^ Alex von David [@alexvondavid] (November 3, 2015). "On today's English dubbed ep. of @durararaUSA x2, Kasane Kujiragi is played by @WendeeLeeVO !" (Tweet ). Retrieved November 13, 2015 – via Twitter .
^ "Erica Lindbeck, Max Mittelman Star in Your Lie in April English Dub Cast" . Anime News Network . January 15, 2016.
^ "Aniplex USA Reveals English Dub Cast for March comes in like a lion Anime" . Anime News Network . Retrieved July 10, 2019 .
^ Wendee Lee [@WendeeLeeVO] (July 27, 2016). " "@KavajaHumphrey: Impressive to see @davidvincentva voicing Naze & @WendeeLeeVO voicing Amida well done you two. #GundamIBO" Amida is one smooth talker. So fun playing her opposite my friend David Vincent" (Tweet ). Retrieved August 26, 2016 – via Twitter .
^ Lee, Wendee [@WendeeLeeVO] (August 12, 2016). " "@davidvincentva: HUGE pleasure to voice alongside @WendeeLeeVO in #GundamIBO. Very good friend + talented actor/director #Naze #Amida" I think we make quite the pair! Such a fun match-up. My space pimp Daddy. lol!" (Tweet ). Retrieved August 26, 2016 – via Twitter .
^ "Toonami Asia Reveals More Dub Cast for Dragon Ball Super Anime" . Anime News Network . January 17, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
^ "Funimation Acquires Berserk Season 1 (2016) English Dub - Funimation - Blog!" . Funimation - Blog! . March 20, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
^ @Kitsunes96 (January 9, 2019). "These episodes credits confirmed who voices these characters for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Very happy that @blumspew, @WendeeLeeVO & @GrantGeorgeVO are back to voices their old characters from Naruto/Naruto Shippuden!" (Tweet ). Retrieved January 9, 2019 – via Twitter . – screenshot of credits showing Lee as Moegi
^ "Cells at Work! CODE BLACK English Dub to stream on Funimation" . Funimation . March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ "Adachi and Shimamura English Cast List" . Sound Cadence Studios . March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021 .
^ "Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- English Dub Announced, Cast & Crew Revealed" . Funimation . May 27, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "CHARACTER Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website" . Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website . Retrieved July 11, 2021 .
^ "Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (2022) – English Dub Cast" . Behind The Voice Actors . Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023 .
^ "Spring Unsprung ". Ever After High .
^ Wendee Lee [@WendeeLeeVO] (August 22, 2018). "Another one to watch for... So brave and original High Guardian Spice - an Ellation and Crunchyroll original" (Tweet ). Retrieved November 2, 2019 – via Twitter .
^ Friedman, Nicholas (November 11, 2021). "Heaven Official's Blessing to Be First Donghua Dubbed By Funimation, Cast and Crew Revealed" . Funimation . Retrieved November 12, 2021 .
^ "Perfect Blue Blu-ray Anime Review" . The Fandom Post . December 27, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ "Twice as Dead" . AOL Moviefone . Retrieved March 6, 2015 .
^ "The Laws of the Universe Anime Film Casts Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Beals, Tom Kenny" . Anime News Network . September 26, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^ HS Pictures Studio (October 15, 2015). The Laws of the Universe - Part0 [Field Making video and VOICE DIRECTOR & CAST talks the movie] . Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2016 – via YouTube.
^ "Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Reveals English Trailer, Dub Cast" . Anime News Network . December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021 .
^ "New Girl in Town" . Lego Friends . January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015 .
^ "Aniplex of America Reveals Mahouka, Expelled from Paradise BD Plans" . Anime News Network. Retrieved April 3, 2015 .
^ Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (Netflix). 2015.
^ "Amazon.com: Monster High: Boo York, Boo York [Blu-ray]: Karen Strassman, Celeste Henderson, Wendee Lee, TJ Smith, America Young, Rachel Staman, Laura Bailey, Lauren Weisman, Erin Fitzgerald, Kate Higgins, Cindy Robinson, Sue Swan, Audu Paden, Cameron Clarke, Evan Smith, Jonquil Goode, Todd Haberkorn, William Lau, Kyrsti R. Schwarz, Margaret M. Dean, Keith Wagner: Movies & TV" . amazon.com . September 29, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016 .
^ Legendary Power Rangers (July 4, 2012). "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 - Ending Theme Song" . Retrieved August 8, 2018 – via YouTube. [dead YouTube link ]
^ "The Actual OG Power Rangers Reunited for a Car Commercial" . inverse.com . March 23, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
^ Nimoy, Jeff (July 27, 2020). "Jeff Nimoy's "Digimon" Audition - The Stoop Productions Inc " . The Stoop Productions Inc . Retrieved September 9, 2023 .
^ "Wendee Lee" . Crystal Acids.com . Retrieved March 6, 2015 .
^ SCEI . Phase Paradox . SCEI. Scene: Ending credits, 1:02:17 in, CAST.
^ Namco (February 2006). Tales of Legendia . Namco. Scene: Closing credits, English Voice Over Production, Director.
^ "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved May 29, 2023 .
^ Xenosaga Episode III video game closing credits[verification needed ]
^ Namco Tales Studio. Tales of the Abyss .
^ Namco (November 2008). Tales of Symphonia . Namco. Scene: Closing credits, English Voice Over Production, Director.
^ "Pascal Voice - Tales of Graces (Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved October 21, 2021 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web }}
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^ "For the Pursuit of Peace. Plus, Snacks! Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory Review" . Gamer Living . April 4, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2015 .
^ Lee, Wendee (February 22, 2018). "Thank you for all of the cool Fan Art and posts I'm still celebrating! This one is courtesy of JetStrike325★ @JetStorm8600 [Akane is seen in the collage]" . @WendeeLeeVO . Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
^ "TheGamersHub » Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection Review (PSVita)" . TheGamersHub . Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015 .
^ "SGGAMINGINFO » Review: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re; Birth1 (PSV) – A fun fourth wall breaking RPG" . SGGAMINGINFO . Retrieved March 26, 2015 .
^ Lineham, Mitchell. "Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation (Vita)" . PS4 Attitude . Retrieved March 26, 2015 .
^ "Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved June 10, 2022 .
^ Lee, Wendee (September 11, 2017). "fighunter on Twitter: "@WendeeLeeVO You Miu was amazing! You just have a way with those kinda characters." / Twitter" . Twitter . Retrieved April 8, 2021 .
^ "Nier: Automata (2017 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved May 17, 2021 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web }}
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^ Lee, Wendee [@WendeeLeeVO] (April 10, 2020). "Final Fantasy VII remake - right next to @TheMelaLee , @Misty_Lee , & @CheramiLeigh Good company! 💕" (Tweet ). Retrieved April 20, 2020 – via Twitter .
^ Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139.. . Square Enix . Scene: Ending credits, 25:59.
^ "Trinity Trigger (2023 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved June 10, 2023 .
^ "Detective Pikachu Returns (2023 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved October 18, 2023 .
^ "Amazon.com: Adventures in Voice Acting: Steve Blum, Tom Kenny, Michelle Rodriguez, Wendee Lee, Lance Henriksen, Crispin Freeman, Eric P. Sherman: Movies & TV" . amazon.com . July 3, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2015 .
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