Lani Minella
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| Lani Minella |
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| Place of birth: San Diego, California, United States |
| Date of birth: 1950-07-28 (age 74) |
| Company(ies): Sega of America, Sega Enterprises, Sega Games |
| Role(s): Voice director, Voice actress |
| Education: San Diego State University |
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Lani Minella is an American voice actress and former Sega of America voice director, most known for her performance of Rouge the Bat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and for overseeing the voice acting work of every three-dimensional Sonic game before Shadow the Hedgehog.
Career
Minella was the voice director for every 3D Sonic game before Shadow the Hedgehog. After the death of Deem Bristow, Minella and Ryan Drummond kept in touch with fans whenever there were announcements concerning their voice work on the Sonic the Hedgehog games. One of these announcements was that they, along with all the other actors, were fired and replaced with the 4Kids Entertainment Sonic X cast. Minella was not only replaced with Kathleen Delaney as the voice of Rouge, but she also lost her place as voice director.
Production history
- Astal (Saturn; 1995) — Voice Actor[1]
- Obsidian (Windows PC; 1996) — Cast - Vidbots
- Die Hard Trilogy (Saturn; 1997) — Voice Actor Coordinator[2]
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast; 1998) — Postrecording director
- Blue Stinger (Dreamcast; 1999) — Casting Director
- Blue Stinger (Dreamcast; 1999) — Janine King
- Buggy Heat (Dreamcast; 1999) — Pro-Motions. Voice Director[3]
- D-2 (Dreamcast; 1999) — Talent
- Final Fight Revenge (Saturn; 2000) — Voice Actors[4]
- Evil Dead: Hail to the King (Dreamcast; 2000) — Annie Knowby / Grammy[5]
- Evil Dead: Hail to the King (Dreamcast; 2000) — Deadites[5]
- The Next Tetris: On-Line Edition (Dreamcast; 2000) — Voice Talent
- Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast; 2000) — Voice Acting (English)
- Illbleed (Dreamcast; 2001) — Recording Director / Casting
- Illbleed (Dreamcast; 2001) — Voice actors
- Illbleed (Dreamcast; 2001) — Recording Director/Casting[6]
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — English Character Voices
- Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Voice Recording Director
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — Voice Recording Director
- Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (GameCube; 2001) — English Character Voices
- Worms 3D (Windows PC; 2003) — Voice Talent
- Sonic Battle (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Character Voices (English)[7]
- Sonic Advance 3 (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Voice Recording Director[8]
- Worms Forts: Under Siege (Xbox; 2004) — Voice Talent
- Iron Phoenix (Xbox; 2005) — master creator
- Iron Phoenix (Xbox; 2005) — voices
- The Golden Compass (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Narrator - Wildlife Waystation[9]
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii; 2008) — Character Voice
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS; 2009) — Sega Characters (English)
- Conduit 2 (Wii; 2011) — Andromeda, Laura Wildeshire
- Conduit 2 (Wii; 2011) — Casting, co-direction
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Character Voice
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U; 2014) — Character Voice
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS; 2016) — Nintendo Character Voices
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U; 2016) — Nintendo Character Voices
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Character Voice
Interviews
- Lani Minella interview by GameSpot (June 30, 2000)
- Lani Minella interview by Josh AKA Knuckles Echidna (April 21, 2001)
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Lani Minella
External links
References
- ↑ File:Astal Saturn US credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Dht sat us manual.pdf, page 24
- ↑ File:TNNMotorsportsHardcoreHeat DC US Manual.pdf, page 27
- ↑ File:FinalFightRevenge Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:Evildead dc us manual.pdf, page 25
- ↑ File:Illbleed DC US Manual.pdf, page 28
- ↑ File:Sonic Battle GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic Advance 3 GBA credits.pdf
- ↑ File:GoldenCompass PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 14