The Legendary Megumi Hayashibara. Very well known for the voice of Lina Inverse in Slayers, Musashi (Jessie) in Pokemon, the titular character Nuku Nuku, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Female Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, and Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop. She's also the Japanese Batgirl.
I knew her for Ayanami Rei in Evangelion, then I looked at her filmography and found Haibara Ai there, didn't notice any voice actors/actresses when I first watched anime lol
Rumour has it that she is unwilling to enter the world of on-screen acting, only backstage voice-acting, because she is not confident of her looks. She looks beautiful here and elsewhere.
It's no rumor and very much true. Her way of thinking is that she doesn't want kids to see that their favorite fictional character don't match up with the real life voice actor who voices them. And yes, there is that part about her not feeling confident about her own looks. I don't know why she would look down upon herself like that, because she is a rare beauty the world has ever seen (granted, when she was in her early 20s her teeth were a bit crooked and she was using braces to correct them, it got better after she entered her 30s) That being said, she did make at least 2 film appearances. The End of Evangelion live action portion, which wasn't initially released for the theatrical version until much later, and the one they did include in the film, a very grainy shot of her with Yuko Miyamura and Kotono Mitsuishi. The other appearance was in a 2000 Japanese sci-fi film called "Juvenile", where she played a nameless female researcher with like 3 lines or so (it was basically a cameo she made on the request of the director), but she does voice one of the central character in the film though You should see the Japanese dub of 1996's Scream, where she dubs the voice of Casey in the opening 11 minutes, she has massive talents playing horror roles, very convincing
Frankly, I was surprised that back in the '90s a show as popular as Sailor Moon, and she had nothing to do with it, no characters to voice, not even an OP/ED song to sing. It took this long just for her to get a role in the franchise, but on the upside, it's no coincidence she ends up with Galaxia, the strongest senshi in the franchise. A person of her caliber deserves nothing less than the best
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi_Hayashibara Still voicing Jessie and Ai, and some others. Yes, even in 2018 she's still going strong, lol. Seriously she's one of THE BEST VA's there was and is.
I agree. And, being a huge fan of her career, I'm so proud to state I got over 50 songs from her in mp3, right here on my computer (which is rare, as you won't find most of them anywhere on the web nowadays), as well as 2 original CDs from Japan (Bertemu and Iravati). I'm 34 years old, and sometimes I still catch myself listening and singing her tunes. :)
Funny, I'm also exactly that old (and male) - and I'm still a fan of stuff like Sailor Moon and Digimon, lol. It's a very funny misconception that anime is "just for kids" - and I do mean "kid shows", not "adult stuff". Heck, even some Western "kid shows" had learned enough from anime to make quite palatable plots and scenarios even for rather adult watchers.
こう言う貴重なもん残しておけるのがUA-camのええとこやな
懐かしい！94年頃に関西テレビで深夜に放送してましたね。
The Legendary Megumi Hayashibara. Very well known for the voice of Lina Inverse in Slayers, Musashi (Jessie) in Pokemon, the titular character Nuku Nuku, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Female Ranma Saotome in Ranma ½, and Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop.
She's also the Japanese Batgirl.
Dee15gon batgirl?
Kira Vu Yeah. She voiced Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in the Japanese dub of Batman TAS.
i've known her from DC for playing as Ai Haibara, actually.
I knew her for Ayanami Rei in Evangelion, then I looked at her filmography and found Haibara Ai there, didn't notice any voice actors/actresses when I first watched anime lol
Dee15gon i
I like her voice!!!!
Linh Nguyen Me Too
キティちゃん‼️❤️❤️
I wouldn't mind falling asleep to Megumi Hayashibara's voice if she would always talk like that.
My god her voice is so versatile
Hayashibara san!
Her voice chenged without her realising then che laught and chenged back to her original voice. 1:40 to 1:50
人気声優だ！！
奇跡のヴォイスじゃん
Idol hayashibara☺
Rumour has it that she is unwilling to enter the world of on-screen acting, only backstage voice-acting, because she is not confident of her looks. She looks beautiful here and elsewhere.
It's probably better for her mental health that she doesn't.
It's no rumor and very much true. Her way of thinking is that she doesn't want kids to see that their favorite fictional character don't match up with the real life voice actor who voices them. And yes, there is that part about her not feeling confident about her own looks. I don't know why she would look down upon herself like that, because she is a rare beauty the world has ever seen (granted, when she was in her early 20s her teeth were a bit crooked and she was using braces to correct them, it got better after she entered her 30s)
That being said, she did make at least 2 film appearances. The End of Evangelion live action portion, which wasn't initially released for the theatrical version until much later, and the one they did include in the film, a very grainy shot of her with Yuko Miyamura and Kotono Mitsuishi. The other appearance was in a 2000 Japanese sci-fi film called "Juvenile", where she played a nameless female researcher with like 3 lines or so (it was basically a cameo she made on the request of the director), but she does voice one of the central character in the film though
You should see the Japanese dub of 1996's Scream, where she dubs the voice of Casey in the opening 11 minutes, she has massive talents playing horror roles, very convincing
one of my favorite japanese va's.
Allow can hear is ranko' voice , i love the female ver of ranma and the girly voices here helps me imagine
Omg..she the voice actress of megumi amatsuka..cheeky angel.. Her voice I'm inlove
綺麗なめぐ姉, 絶世の美女。彼女はきっと、その美声で私たちの世代を祝福するために天から舞い降りた天使なのだろう。 彼女が天使恵の声を演じたのは偶然ではなく、その名前は「祝福の天使」と訳されることができ、彼女にぴったりです。
いつか彼女に直接会う機会があればいいのですが、そうすればこの人生に悔いは残らないでしょう。
A living legend of the golden age of anime. Her voice and themes bring a smile to my face 😊
愛していますよ めぐみさん .. 메구미쨩....♡♡
I don’t know any Japanese so I don’t know what she’s saying but she’s hypnotizing me with her voice 😬
Haibara san!!!
Cat Girl Nuku Nuku! If you're an anime fan of the 90's, the're is no way you can escape listening to one of her songs.
OMG, I looked her up because of Faye Valentine and I can't believe she also did female Ranma! I guess it makes sense. Her voice is... delicious. xD
Haibara
Que voz tan hermosa y agradable al oido, ademas de muy versatil parece que puede mutar su voz con gran facilidad.
ranma!!!!
In 2023, she's Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon Cosmos. Woah! 😲😄
Frankly, I was surprised that back in the '90s a show as popular as Sailor Moon, and she had nothing to do with it, no characters to voice, not even an OP/ED song to sing. It took this long just for her to get a role in the franchise, but on the upside, it's no coincidence she ends up with Galaxia, the strongest senshi in the franchise. A person of her caliber deserves nothing less than the best
Haibara Ai !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cool voice!!
I like Haibara Ai voiceeeeeeee
FAYE FAYE
Fun fact: Megumi-senpai also voiced Wang Dora from the doraemons OVA series.
Also voice of lime in saber marionette J to x
Im dying when she says "hao"
Tsk tsk i miss her
one of the GOATs and respectfully, she is such a babe
Lina Inverse! 😍❤️
Kurae REIGAN!! I Remember The Young Genkai To This Girl
One of the first high pitched voice actress in animes
Megumi Hayashibara
30 March 1967
Shit, I knew she played a ton of roles, but she also played Hime-chan. Crap, I never would've thought haha
하야시바라메구미씨 최고입니다!!!!
How many Hours do these People work in studios?😭🤘Ganbare Nihonjin Dachiyo
Chris Pilot of the NT 1 Alex Gundam
lina invers best voice for here !!
La mejor 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Bulbasaur
And pidgeotto
灰原哀
１：４２ この頃から味わってたんですね？『マルコポーロ』の紅茶。
No hay 1 video sub español asi nos entereamos que dice ella estoy perdido ? jejejeje
Where is Megumi today? Anyone knows?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megumi_Hayashibara
Still voicing Jessie and Ai, and some others.
Yes, even in 2018 she's still going strong, lol.
Seriously she's one of THE BEST VA's there was and is.
I agree. And, being a huge fan of her career, I'm so proud to state I got over 50 songs from her in mp3, right here on my computer (which is rare, as you won't find most of them anywhere on the web nowadays), as well as 2 original CDs from Japan (Bertemu and Iravati). I'm 34 years old, and sometimes I still catch myself listening and singing her tunes. :)
Funny, I'm also exactly that old (and male) - and I'm still a fan of stuff like Sailor Moon and Digimon, lol.
It's a very funny misconception that anime is "just for kids" - and I do mean "kid shows", not "adult stuff".
Heck, even some Western "kid shows" had learned enough from anime to make quite palatable plots and scenarios even for rather adult watchers.
She's also in this brand new anime called Karakuri Circus. She's the silver-haired woman named Shirogane.
エヴァンゲリオンの綾波レイと天才バカボンのバカボン平成版。名探偵コナンの灰原などがある。ポケットモンスターシリーズのムサシ役。がある。
Asuna's mom.
She is also Fam in Dragon League
Saihara-kun
장미를 빨다가 여기까지 와버렸습니다......
0:04 (1967)
ニャオハ
Idol hayashibara☺