Meet Anime voice actress (DRAGON BALL Z, HELLO KITTY) Monica Rial at DCS Nov 17-18

We’ve very happy to welcome the sensational Monica Rial to our guest list for Dallas Comic Show this November 17-18! Known as a popular voice actress, Monica has taken on countless characters in American dubs of popular Japanese Anime, and became a fan-favorite for playing Bulma in Dragon Ball Z, and the title character in ADV Films’ production of Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater, which was one of ADV’s best-selling DVDs.

In 2003, she voiced best-friend character Kyoko Tokiwa in Full Metal Panic!, and got to reprise her for Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. She voiced Kirika Yuumura, the quiet assassin partner in Noir, and female protagonist Haruka Shitou in the sci-fi show RahXephon.

In 2004, Rial started voice-over work with the anime dubbing company Funimation, and during that year voiced Amy in the long-running detective anime series Case Closed, and Lyra (aka Dante) in the drama series Fullmetal Alchemist. Both of these shows were featured on Cartoon Network. She also voiced co-lead character Lumiere in Kiddy Grade. Meanwhile, with ADV, she voiced Nyamo-sensei in the school comedy Azumanga Daioh, and had also taken over some character roles as Momiji in Blue Seed and Maya in Neon Genesis Evangelion. She also got to voice Pen-Pen the penguin in Evangelion. In 2005, she voiced the serious lead character Jo in a team of mercenary girls in the cyberpunk science fiction series Burst Angel.

Rial continued to land leading roles in anime shows. In 2006, she voiced the title character in Nanaka 6/17, about a 17-year-old girl who, through an accident, has amnesia and regresses to her 6-year-old self. In Speed Grapher she voiced female protagonist Kagura Tennōzu, and in the ADV Films remake of Macross, she voiced Misa Hayase. In 2007, she voiced Sakura in the English anime adaptation of Clamp’s Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle; Maria in Witchblade; Misuzu Kamio, a heroine in Air, and the title character in Kurau: Phantom Memory. She also voiced lead characters Misao Shinohara, Sasami’s best friend in Sasami: Magical Girls Club; and heroine Asa Shigure in the harem comedy Shuffle!.

In 2010, when Dragon Ball Z was remade as Dragon Ball Z Kai, Rial got to voice the heroine character Bulma. She voiced other lead girl characters such as Miya Asami in Sekirei, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa in Soul Eater, May Chang in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Ringo in Casshern Sins. Both Soul Eater and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood have had sizeable runs on Adult Swim’s Toonami block. In 2011, she voiced the title character Mina Tepes in Dance in the Vampire Bund, as well as several lead female characters in ensemble shows Rosario + Vampire, Highschool of the Dead and Fairy Tail, such as Yukari Sendou, Shizuka Marikawa, and Mirajane Strauss respectively.

Rial voiced more leads in 2012 with Shiro in Deadman Wonderland which also broadcast on Adult Swim, and Stocking in the raunchy comedy Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. In 2013, she voiced the heroine character Haruko Amaya in the harem comedy Maken-ki! and Iori Nagase in the school anime series Kokoro Connect. In 2014 and 2015, she voiced the title characters in the comedies Watamote and Maid Sama!.

In addition to voice acting, Rial has been steadily involved in ADR script writing, with work in the English dubs for D.N. Angel, Madlax, and Gatchaman…. and that’s just the highlights! Get excited, Anime fans, this a fantastic addition to our lineup!

See the full guest list HERE.