Lisa Ortiz - Anime Convention Personality of the Week - July 5, 1999
This voice actor, a New Yorker, has had the fortune to be part of some of the biggest anime fan favorites. She was the English-language Lina Inverse in the first dubbed Slayers series to be released in the U.S. When another actor was used as Lina in another company's first release of the Slayers OAVs, sharp-eared fans objected - and they got Lisa back as Lina when yet another company released more Slayers. Despite being Lina and Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War, the height of Ortiz' fame came when she became involved in the U.S. television dub of Pocket Monsters. The remarkable success of Pokemon has rubbed off on Lisa, who is amazed at how much people love that series.

At Otakon '98 with Michael Brady...
...and with Juliet Cesario

Saying hello to Anime Central '99...
..and making a point to other actors

Judging the Pokemon Call
Getting a Kenichi Sonoda sketch