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site last encountered actor Brianne Siddall one month earlier at
AnimeFEST. Siddall was called to Ani-Magic as a replacement of sorts
for Monica Rial, and it was a natural choice because Siddall (left)
comes from the same area where the southern California convention was
held. Siddall is currently voicing Mythos in Tales of Symphonia and is
working on roles in Zenosaga. It was Siddall's idea to start the Friday
afternoon panel by throwing candy at the audience, and that meant
treats for everyone, except for the peanut butter cups that Samantha
Inoue-Harte (right) kept for herself. Inoue-Harte, who doubles as an
actor and an animator, is creating electronic greeting cards while
she's waiting to join the crew that will work on the movie version of
the Clerks series from Kevin Smith
Siddall,
who was amazed by a fan who brought a toy of one of her Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers characters to the panel discussion, chatted about her
roles in .hack, Saint Tail and Mon Colle Knights ("That was a weird
character - that was unusual," she said. "Normally I get boy parts, but
this time they trusted me with a girl part.") For nine years, Siddall
worked as a Power Rangers production assistant while she voiced
monsters and characters such as Circuit the owl. ''From day one it was
hilarious," she said. When Siddall mentioned that
she had been Fifi the robot in the dub of the Metropolis movie, Harte
was thrilled. "You did Fifi in Metropolis? Oh my god," Harte shouted.
"I'm a fangirl just like everybody else." That sort of fannish reaction
is something that Siddall appreciates after 20 years in the business.
"You guys are awesome, you're the reason that we work. You guys really
respect our privacy. You're generous and sweet, and I appreciate that."
Harte
has a high-pitched voice that sounds like an anime character. While one
producer said "you have the most annoying voice in the entire
universe," others heard Harte's voices and heard potential. As she
tells it, she was tricked into becoming an actor. A request that Harte
pick up some stuff at a FedEx office turned into a trip to the Monster
Island studio in Texas, where "All of a sudden I walked into this dark
itty bitty place the size of a closet, and they said let's do some
voice acting." So Harte has performed in Lost Universe, Nadia and the
Secret of Blue Water, and Soul Hunters (where her first big role was
Shinyo). Back in the real world of animation, Harte has created
breakdowns for the newest versions of the Road Runner and the Jetsons,
along with one of the most memorable recent Ruffles potato chips
commercials. And Harte said she animated the panda in the mall
hallucination scene of an Adam Sandler film.