Brittney Karbowski
Brittney Marie Karbowski (born June 26, 1986)[1] is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series for ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks, most notably, Black Star in Soul Eater. She also voices as Wendy Marvell in Fairy Tail, Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and its spinoff, A Certain Scientific Railgun, and Yuri Nakamura in Angel Beats!.
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Born | Brittney Marie Karbowski June 26, 1986[1] Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Houston |
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 2005–present[2] |
Spouse(s) | Matthew Hernandez (m. 2013) |
Children | 1 |
Career
Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Seussical, and Pirates of Penzance in Houston, Texas. She got into the anime business from a director contact when she played Janet in a local stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.[4] She voiced in Yumeria, Madlax and Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick. Her first leading role with ADV Films came in Gilgamesh where she played Fuko.[5][6] She attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater.[6] In 2006, she had starring voice roles as Himeko Katagiri in Pani Poni Dash and as Aoba Tsuzaki in Jinki: Extend.[6][7] In 2008, she voiced the lead heroine Ayu Tsukimiya in Kanon.
In 2007, she began voicing for Funimation with a starring role as Mai in Itsudatte My Santa! and as Apis in a One Piece storyline. In 2008, she had starring roles in ensemble casts as Anri Misugi in Sasami: Magical Girls Club, Ku Shiratori in Shattered Angels and Sia in Shuffle![7] In 2009, she voiced the lead role Nina Yamada in Save Me! Lollipop.[8]
In 2010, she landed the starring role of Black Star in the Funimation dub of Soul Eater, which was broadcast on Adult Swim in 2013. She also voiced Selim Bradley / Pride in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Ryou Fujibayashi in Clannad. In 2011, she voiced starring characters including Ikaros in Heaven's Lost Property, Nanami Nishijo in Chaos;Head and Eve Neuschwanstein in Needless.
Karbowski continued to voice main characters in 2012 such as Yamada in B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time and Chizuru Yukimura in Hakuoki. In 2013, she played starring characters Rin Natsume in Little Busters!, Himiko in Btooom! and Manami Kinjou in Cat Planet Cuties.[9] In 2017, she voiced her first video game character as Pinkun in Akiba's Beat.[10]
Outside of voice acting, Karbowski has had roles in films such as Celie in Up & Down, Susie in Puncture and a backpack girl in The Starving Games. She was slated to be a lead character Zax in an upcoming sci-fi movie Code of Evil. She also starred in the 2014 horror film Atrocity.[11]
Personal life
Karbowski was briefly hospitalized with a broken neck in 2010 due to a car accident.[12]
She married Matthew Hernandez on October 11, 2013.[3]
Filmography
Anime
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2011 | Summer Wars | Yuhei Jinnouchi | [117] | |
2012 | Gintama: The Movie | Tetsuko Murata, Kyubei Yagyu | [22] | |
2013 | Colorful | Shoko Sano | [118] | |
2016 | The Boy and the Beast | Jirōmaru (Young) | [119] | |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[7] |
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2017 | Onigiri | Ibaraki-doji | [120] | |
2017 | Akiba's Beat | Pinkun | [10] | |
Live-action roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs[7] |
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2011 | Puncture | Susie | Resume | |
2013 | The Starving Games | Backpack Girl | [121] |
References
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- Funimation (May 8, 2012). Cat Planet Cuties – Available on BD/DVD Combo on 5.15.12 – Cast Interview. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Interview with Tia Ballard and Brittney Karbowski
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- "Brittney Karbowski resume". Pastorini-Bosby Talent. Resumes.breakdownexpress.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
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On top of that, Brittney Karbowski’s (Black Star from Soul Eater) work as Misaka won me over when she made the railgun line to Toma during their first encounter
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The English cast, spearheaded by Brittany Karbowski as Yamada, all put in interesting and enjoyable versions of their chosen characters.
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- Martin, Theron (April 4, 2012). "Infinite Stratos + Encore Blu-Ray - Complete Collection". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
The English dub definitely does do that, and while the attempts of Shannon Emerick (Charles/Charlotte), Brittney Karbowski (Cecilia), and Tiffany Grant (Laura - oh, who else did you expect?) to give their respective characters appropriate accents often come off more as speech affectations, they do at least succeed at making their characters sound distinctive.
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- "Official Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse English Dub Voice Cast". Sentai Filmworks. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017.
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Casting choices and performances are mostly great, especially Luci Christian in a virtually unrecognizable rendition of Haraken, Brittney Karbowski in a fully predictable casting as Fumie, and Laura Chapman as Specsgranny, but really, the dub has no weak spots.
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External links
- Brittney Karbowski convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Brittney Karbowski at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Brittney Karbowski at IMDb