For a few dizzying years, Veronica Taylor was on top of the voice acting world. She already had several anime dub roles on the East Coast, including Amelia in The Slayers, Queen Emeraldas in Harlock Saga, and Shia Has in Irresponsible Captain Tylor. Then Taylor got the role of a lifetime when 4Kids Entertainment took the risk of importing a show called "Pocket Monsters" and cast her as the lead, renamed from Satoshi to Ash Ketchum for English-speaking audiences. That role put Taylor in the hottest imported animated series in U.S. history, the lead actor in a show that became a national obsession in the late 1990's. Taylor was kept busy with show after show and even movie dubs. Yet, knowing how hard acting success can be, Taylor could joke "Don't" when fans asked how they could become voice actors. Pokemon is no longer the biggest fad on the block, but it's been steady work for Taylor. She's still busy in the New York voice acting world, though: listen for her voice in the role of April O'Neil in the latest version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mutsuki in Space Pirate Mito and even in Yu Yu Hakusho.