Brittney Marie Karbowski (born ; June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
series for
Funimation
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,
Sentai Filmworks
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Sugar Land, Texas
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. She graduated
Kempner High School
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It was named after Isaac Herbert Kempner (1873–1967), the founder of ...
University of Houston
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briefly where she majored in theater.
Career
Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as '' Little Shop of Horrors'', ''
Seussical
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'', and ''
Pirates of Penzance
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'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''
The Rocky Horror Show
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'', she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series ''
Gantz
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''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''
Gilgamesh
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'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring roles as Himeko Katagiri in ''
Pani Poni Dash
, also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teache ...
'' and as Aoba Tsuzaki in '' Jinki: Extend'' through her work at ADV Films. Karbowski started voicing for Funimation in 2007 with a starring role as Mai in ''
Itsudatte My Santa!
is a Japanese manga created by Ken Akamatsu. Originally a one-chapter production, it ran in Japan before Akamatsu's ''Love Hina'' was serialized. It ran in '' Shōnen Magazine'' in 1997, and was serialized in volumes 4 and 5. An anime OVA, w ...
''. She also expanded her voice acting to other venues when she voiced her first video game character in 2007 as Pinkun in ''
Akiba's Beat
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''. ADV Films ultimately ceased operations in 2008, and several properties were transferred to Funimation. It was also during this time that she voiced the lead heroine
Ayu Tsukimiya
is a fictional character and the main heroine in Key's adult visual novel '' Kanon'', followed closely by Nayuki Minase who is the only ''Kanon'' heroine to appear with Ayu on three of the official game covers released by Key. Ayu was created ...
in '' Kanon'' after the title transfer had taken place. Karbowski has since dubbed dozens of characters including both major and minor roles through Funimation.
Karbowski has also had roles in films such as Celie in ''Up & Down'', Susie in ''
Puncture
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'' and a backpack girl in ''
The Starving Games
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''. She was slated to be a lead character Zax in the science fiction ''Code of Evil''. Karbowski starred in the 2014 horror film ''Atrocity''.
Personal life
Karbowski was briefly hospitalized with a broken neck in 2010 due to a car accident.
She married Matthew Hernandez on October 11, 2013.
KPRC-TV
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via
YouTube
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