A Whole New World of Animation with Kari Wahlgren - Season 2 Episode 1

In this episode, we talk to Kari Wahlgren, one of the top voiceover actresses in the industry today, about the changes that have taken place in the past five years and about the differences between Anime, Animation and Video Games. She takes us behind the scenes at conventions and tells us what it’s really like to meet her fans. Kari believes a bad demo is like a bad date and when it comes to demos we find out why she believes less is often more! We talk about the audition process and Kari suggests how to go about filling in the blanks when there is not much information at hand. Finally, Kari believes your voice is your instrument and she imparts some fantastic advice for those just starting out in the voiceover industry. Kari Wahlgren has voiced characters in numerous animated shows and video games, including Jessica and Rick’s Spaceship in Rick and Morty, Starfire in the DC direct-to-video Teen Titans movies, Aunt Cora in Spirit: Riding Free, Bea in Archibald’s Next Big Thing, Zatanna in DC Superhero Girls, Tigress in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Charmcaster in Ben 10, Emma Frost in Wolverine & The X-men, Shannon in OK: KO Lets Be Heroes, and Li’l Suzy in Phineas & Ferb. Her notable video game roles include Mileena and Kitana in Mortal Kombat 11, Starfire in Injustice 2, Aranea in Final Fantasy XV, Ashe in Final Fantasy XII, Proctor Ingram in Fallout 4, and Vex in Skyrim. Are you ready to take your voiceover career to the next level? The Voiceover Network is an organisation for voiceover professionals providing voiceover training, webinars, The Buzz magazine, support, networking events and an amazing VO community. If you are thinking of getting into voiceover work or if you already work in this area and just want to know what’s going on in the industry – then this podcast is for you. Our host is Rachael Naylor, founder and director of The Voiceover Network as well as an experienced voiceover artist. Thanks to our Sponsors: Hindenburg, Studiospares Imperative Audio, Black Cat Music Studiobricks, Audient and Sennheiser. #VOhourpodcast Follow us on instagram.com/the_voiceover_network/ Follow us on facebook.com/TheVoiceOverNetworkOfficial Follow us on twitter.com/NetworkVO Follow us on linkedin.com/company/the-voiceover-network-ltd/