Amanda Winn-Lee(néeWinn) is an American semi-retired[1]voice actress,ADR directorand script writer who works mainly onanimedubs. She was the voice of Mimiru in.hack//SIGN,Rally Vincent inGunsmith Cats,Yohko Mano inDevil Hunter Yohko,Momiji Kushinada inBlue Seedand was featured most notably asRei AyanamiofNeon Genesis Evangelionfame. Aside from voice work she quite often handles production, ADR direction and the scripting of various projects for her dubbing company Gaijin Productions, LLC.
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| Alma mater | Wesleyan University(BA) |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Career
editShe can be heard in the commentary for the Region 1The End of EvangelionDVD along with fellow voice actorsTaliesin Jaffeand husband/Gaijin co-ownerJaxon Lee.
Expanding on her anime work, Winn-Lee also provided the voice of Konoko, the protagonist of theBungievideo gameOni.
Winn-Lee served as ADR director, script writer and producer for the English versions ofThe End of EvangelionandEvangelion: Death and Rebirth.She also directed and performed leading roles in the English versions ofDead Leavesand theRead or Die OVA.
She had been working withADV Filmsfor years before she moved out to create Gaijin Productions.[2]
It was suggested bySpike Spencer(her friend as well as fellow voice actor) at Nan Desu Kan 2007 that she was interested in reprising her role(s) in the upcomingRebuild of Evangelionfilms. However, in May 2009, North American anime distributorFunimationannounced that the role of Rei for the first filmEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alonewould be voiced byBrina Palencia,[3]who is under contract to voice Rei Ayanami for the three remainingEvangelion"Rebuild" films. However, Winn-Lee returned to voice Rei for the 2021 Amazon release of the entireRebuildseries, including the newEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.
Personal life
editAmanda and Jason Lee's son, Nicholas "Noodle"Lee, was born in November 2004. Her son was soon discovered to have infantleukemia,requiring extensive treatment before he was one year old. Amanda and Jason were not involved in any new projects for several years, because they were caring for their son. However, by November 2008, Nicholas had been cancer-free for three years, which is the benchmark for doctors that his odds of cancer recurrence are virtually non-existent.[4]She wrote a book about these experiences in a memoir calledThe Noodle Chronicles: Everything I Know About Cheating Death I Learned from My Kid,which was released as an e-book.[5]
Dubbing roles
editAnime dubbing
edit- .hack//Intermezzo–Mimiru
- .hack//SIGN– Mimiru
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight– Magi
- .hack//Unison– Mimiru
- Battle Angel–Gally / Alita(ADV Films dub)
- Blue Seed– Momiji Fujimiya, Kaede Kunikida
- Burn Up!– Reimi (debut role)
- Burn Up W,Burn Up Excess– Rio Kinezono
- Dead Leaves– Pandy
- Devil Hunter Yohko– Yohko Mano, Ayako Mano
- Dragon Half– Princess Vina
- Ellcia– Crystel
- F3– Hiroe Ogawa (Soft Cel dub, credited as Helen Bed)
- Fire Emblem– Elis
- Geneshaft– Mika Seido
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex– Kurutan
- Golden Boy– Girl A, producer
- Gunsmith Cats– Rally Vincent
- Marchen Awakens Romance– Gido
- Neon Genesis Evangelion–Rei Ayanami,Pen Pen,Yui Ikari(movies only)
- Persona 4: The Animation–Yukiko Amagi
- Persona 5: The Animation– Ichiko Ohya
- Plastic Little– Titaniva Mu Koshigaya
- Read or Die(OVA) – Nancy "Miss Deep" Makuhari
- Spriggan– Flight Attendant
- Sukeban Deka– Saki Asamiya
- Super Atragon– Annette
Video game credits
edit- .hack//Quarantine– Mimiru[6]
- .hack//Outbreak– Mimiru[6]
- BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle– Yukiko Amagi[6]
- Bravely Second: End Layer– Magnolia Arch[7]
- Heavy Gear II– Pinter, O'Neill
- Oni– Konoko
- Personaseries – Ulala Serizawa, Yukiko Amagi, Ichiko Ohya[6]
- Revolution 60– Crimson 09
- Saints Row: The Third– Additional Voices
- Saints Row IV– Additional Voices
- Star Trek: Elite Force II– Kleeya
- Tail Concerto– Alicia Pris
- Trauma Team– Maria Torres[8]
Production staff
editADR director/voice direction
edit- A Silent Voice
- Battle Angel
- Blue Seed
- Burn Up Excess
- Burn Up W
- Dead Leaves
- Devil Hunter Yohko
- Ellica
- The End of Evangelion
- Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
- Fire Emblem
- Gunsmith Cats
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Plastic Little
- Read or Die
Script adaptation
editReferences
edit- ^Winn-Lee, Amanda [@amandawinnlee] (June 3, 2019)."I do stuff occasionally here and there, but I'm not out actively looking for work"(Tweet).RetrievedJune 3,2019– viaTwitter.
- ^Ohayocon – Charity Roast – 2004 – A Fan's ViewArchivedOctober 22, 2006, at theWayback Machine
- ^Evangelion: 1.0's English Dub Cast Announced
- ^"Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos".Archived fromthe originalon July 9, 2012.
- ^"Saboten Con 2013 – Amanda Winn Lee".Archived fromthe originalon June 5, 2013.RetrievedMay 11,2013.
- ^abcd"Amanda Winn Lee (visual voices guide)".Behind The Voice Actors.RetrievedDecember 30,2020.A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^Silicon Studio.Bravely Second: End Layer.Nintendo.Scene: Ending credits, 8:26 in, Main Cast.
- ^AtlusUSA(December 21, 2009).Trauma Team Behind the Scenes: Meet the Voice Actors(YouTube).Archivedfrom the original on December 12, 2021.
External links
edit- Amanda Winn-LeeatIMDb
- Amanda Winn-LeeatAnime News Network's encyclopedia
- Amanda Winn: Meet the voice of AD Visionnews article
- Amanda Winn Lee's public Facebook page