Jessica Calvello
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Jessica Lynn Calvello is an American
voice actress primarily known for her anime voiceover work, particularly with ADV Films and later 4Kids Entertainment
.
She has a BFA
in acting from Southwest Texas State University, and was a company member of the Emerging Artists Theatre. She has also performed as a stage actress in several productions, including an Off-Off Broadway production of The Glass Mendacity.
In June 2002, during the recording of the role of Excel from Excel Saga
, Calvello lost her voice and was replaced by Larissa Wolcott
. Calvello was also replaced as the voice actress for Yuri in Dirty Pair
by Allison Sumrall
. She has since recovered and returned to voice work.
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voice actress primarily known for her anime voiceover work, particularly with ADV Films and later 4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment is an American film and television production company in bankruptcy since April 2011. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States...
.
She has a BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
in acting from Southwest Texas State University, and was a company member of the Emerging Artists Theatre. She has also performed as a stage actress in several productions, including an Off-Off Broadway production of The Glass Mendacity.
In June 2002, during the recording of the role of Excel from Excel Saga
Excel Saga
is a manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since 1996, with individual chapters collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city...
, Calvello lost her voice and was replaced by Larissa Wolcott
Larissa Wolcott
Larissa Wolcott is a voice actress who primarily does voice work in anime dubbing for ADV Films and Funimation Entertainment. She is most known for her role as Excel from Excel Saga in episodes 14-26, when she replaced Jessica Calvello after Calvello injured her vocal cords performing Excel.-Voice...
. Calvello was also replaced as the voice actress for Yuri in Dirty Pair
Dirty Pair
is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....
by Allison Sumrall
Allison Sumrall
Allison L. Sumrall is an American voice actress working with ADV Films and Seraphim Digital, known for her roles in the English-language dubs of anime series...
. She has since recovered and returned to voice work.
Notable roles
- Alien NineAlien Nineis a manga series by Hitoshi Tomizawa, which was later adapted into an anime OVA series by J.C.Staff. The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine, spanning 3-volumes. In 2003, Tomizawa released a 1-volume sequel to the series called Alien 9 Emulators...
- Kasumi Tomine - Magical DoReMiMagical DoReMiMagical DoReMi, known as in Japan, is a magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation in 1999. It focuses on elementary school students who become witch apprentices. Led by Doremi Harukaze, the girls must maintain their double lives in secret.Magical DoReMi has been followed up by...
- Drona, Ellie Craft - GoGORiki - Olgariki the Owl
- Assemble InsertAssemble Insertis a 1985 manga series by Masami Yuki . The main character is a young would-be idol singer and high school student, Maron Namikaze, who has superhuman strength. She battles a mecha organization, Demon Seed, which has been terrorizing Tokyo. The manga was adapted into a 2 episode anime OVA in 1989...
- Maron Namikaze - Boogiepop PhantomBoogiepop Phantomis a twelve episode anime television series produced by Madhouse Studios, based on the Boogiepop light novel series by Kouhei Kadono, particularly that of Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop At Dawn...
- Moto Tonomura, Poom Poom - CompilerCompiler (anime)is a two part anime original video animation.Compiler is an anime based on the manga by Kia Asamiya which features two girls, Compiler and Assembler, who arrived on earth from 2-D cyberspace to play a "game" in which they will delete the real world and reform it...
/ Compiler 2 - Assembler - Demon Fighter KochoDemon Fighter Kochois a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nonki Miyasu. It was published in the Shueisha seinen magazine Young Jump with the chapters bound into four volumes between September 1995 and October 1997. It was adapted into two 1997 live-action films and an anime original video animation...
- Kocho Enoki - Dirty PairDirty Pairis a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions....
OAV 1-5, Yuri (ADV Films dub) - DNA²DNA²is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized across Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994, spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes....
- Karin Aoi - Dragon HalfDragon Halfis a manga created by Ryūsuke Mita and serialized in Monthly Dragon Magazine from 1988 to 1994. It was adapted into a two episode anime OVA series in 1993...
- Mink - Excel SagaExcel Sagais a manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since 1996, with individual chapters collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city...
- Excel Excel (episodes 1-13) - His and Her Circumstances - Tsukino Miyazawa
- I Dream of Mimi - Performa
- Ikkitousen: Dragon DestinyIkki Tousen, also known as Battle Vixens, is a manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Shiozaki, based on the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms...
- Chouhi Ekitoku - Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning - Hikaru Hiyama
- Legend of HimikoLegend of Himikois an anime series, manga book, and PlayStation game. All three were released in early 1999.The PlayStation game was created by Hakuhodo and was released in Japan on March 11, 1999. The manga is a single volume series created by Oh! great and released in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in early 1999...
- Seika - New Cutie HoneyNew Cutie Honeyis a 1994 Japanese anime series in the Cutie Honey media franchise created by Go Nagai. Inspired by continued popularity of the original 1973 Cutie Honey television series, and first announced by Toei Video on October 1993, it remains the only Honey anime licensed for sale in the United States...
- Honey Kisaragi / Cutey Honey - PokémonPokémonis a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
- Prima, Kay - Princess MinervaPrincess Minervais a Role-playing video game developed and published by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC-9801, PC Engine, Super Nintendo. And OVA was released in May 1995.- Character :Princess MinervaBlue MorrisWislerChiloriaTuaDunasterPyrocessionLachola...
- Princess Minerva - Queen's BladeQueen's Bladeis a series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan based on the licensed works from Flying Buffalo's Lost Worlds. First published in 2005, it features sexually suggestive depictions of an exclusively female cast of characters. The overall plot of the game revolves around a tournament...
- Nanael - Ruin ExplorersRuin Explorers, also known as Ruin Explorers Fam & Ihrlie, is an OVA by ANIMATE and Asia-Do. It is set in a fantasy environment and stars Fam and Ihrie, two female treasure hunters working to find the "Ultimate Power".-Characters:...
- Fam - Sex Demon Queen - Rima (as Sandy Snackwell)
- Slayers: The Motion Picture - Meliroon
- Those Who Hunt ElvesThose Who Hunt Elvesis a manga series and an anime television series by Yu Yagami, released in North America on VHS and DVD by ADV Films. The plot revolves around three travellers, the eponymous "Elf Hunters", and the elven sorceress Mistress Celcia.-Plot:...
- Celsia Marie Claire - To Heart - Shiho
External links
- Jessica Calvello official site
- Jessica Calvello at SciFi.com
- Emerging Artists Theatre