------------ Megumi Hayashibara

Lina's voice in the anime is done by the talented Hayashibara Megumi. She is one of the most popular and well-known seiyuu and my favorite seiyuu of all time, might I add. She's played the voices from spunky and hyper girls such as Lime from Saber Marionette J, calm ladies like Himeko from the Sailormoon S Movie, to quiet and introverted girls such as Rei Ayanami from Evangelion. No matter what the part is, she plays it just right.

Hayashibara Megumi was born on March 30th, 1967, in Tokyo. She used to be a nurse before a seiyuu. Some other roles:

Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)

Pen-Pen (Evangelion)

Shinji's Mother (Evangelion)

Kitty (Hello Kitty)

Girl Saotome Ranma (Ranma 1/2)

Musashi (Pocket Monsters)

Pigeon (Pocket Monsters)

Fushigidane (Pocket Monsters)

Nayotake Himeko (Sailormoon S Movie)

Amano Ai (Video Girl Ai)

Lime (Saber Marionette J)

Fujimiya Momiji (Blue Seed)

Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bepop)

Deedee Kong (Donkey Kong)

Canal Volfeed (Lost Universe)

Urashima Haruka (Love Hina)

Kindergarten kid A (Maison Ikkoku)

... and tons more. Megumi Hayashibara's voice acting is amazing. She puts emotion into her characters, she can do just about every kind of role, and her songs are filled with emotion, feeling, and power. However, her role of Lina Inverse was the one that really got me so interested in her. The sound effects and voice effects she does, the way her voice varies with each emotion, is wonderful.

Here are some super Hayashibara links, where you can download songs, find albums and pictures, and learn about her and what kind of person she is.

Hayashibara Megumi - This is Hitoshi Doi's information center from the seiyuu database, with the listing of all the characters she's played, and lots more.

Megumi-Toons Homepage - Did you know that Megumi Hayashibara is the main character of her very own manga? She writes the story, while the artwork is done by Asagi Sakura. This site has the Megumi Toons all translated and scanned in, so you can read them all. They tell a lot about what kind of person she is and how she got the career of a seiyuu, etc.

More about Hayashibara in this site:

WAVs - Hear Megumi Hayashibara in action! Here are some WAV files that I've collected over the web, so you can get a taste of how Hayashibara plays Lina.

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