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Ortiz later became one of the original voice actresses on Pokémon. She provided voices for the anime until the end of [[S08|the eighth season]], when {{TPCi|Pokémon USA}} and [[TAJ Productions]] [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|took over the dubbing and distribution of the series]]. She later returned to the anime in ''[[DP084|Hungry for the Good Life!]]''. She mostly provides voices for [[Character of the day|minor characters]], but gained a more important role in the {{series|Best Wishes}}, providing the voice of [[Ash's Oshawott]]. She succeeded [[Theresa Buchheister]] as the dub's voice director during [[S19|the nineteenth season]].
Ortiz later became one of the original voice actresses on Pokémon. She provided voices for the anime until the end of [[S08|the eighth season]], when {{TPCi|Pokémon USA}} and [[TAJ Productions]] [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|took over the dubbing and distribution of the series]]. She later returned to the anime in ''[[DP084|Hungry for the Good Life!]]''. She mostly provides voices for [[Character of the day|minor characters]], but gained a more important role in the {{series|Best Wishes}}, providing the voice of [[Ash's Oshawott]]. She succeeded [[Theresa Buchheister]] as the dub's voice director during [[S19|the nineteenth season]].


She appears in the ''{{wp|Vanity Fair}}'' video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese to English], where [[Sarah Natochenny]] explains how the Pokémon anime is dubbed.
She appeared in the ''{{wp|Vanity Fair}}'' video "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese to English]", where [[Sarah Natochenny]] explained how the anime is dubbed.
 
She is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish.


==Pokémon roles==
==Pokémon roles==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In 2017, Ortiz founded a non-profit organization called [https://www.voicesforfosters.org/ Voices for Fosters] following the dub of ''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]'' with [[Sarah Natochenny]].
* In 2017, Ortiz founded a non-profit organization called [https://www.voicesforfosters.org/ Voices for Fosters] following the dub of ''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]'' with [[Sarah Natochenny]].
* She is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish.


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 23:05, 5 May 2020

Lisa Ortiz

Lisa Ortiz (born December 11, 1974) is an American voice actress, and current voice director, for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Ortiz first became interested in voice acting when one of her brothers took her car and she went to search for it. An employee of Central Park Media accompanied her during the search, and casually mentioned that the company was searching for voice actors. She subsequently auditioned for and landed the role of Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War.

Ortiz later became one of the original voice actresses on Pokémon. She provided voices for the anime until the end of the eighth season, when Pokémon USA and TAJ Productions took over the dubbing and distribution of the series. She later returned to the anime in Hungry for the Good Life!. She mostly provides voices for minor characters, but gained a more important role in the Best Wishes series, providing the voice of Ash's Oshawott. She succeeded Theresa Buchheister as the dub's voice director during the nineteenth season.

She appeared in the Vanity Fair video "How Pokémon Is Dubbed From Japanese to English", where Sarah Natochenny explained how the anime is dubbed.

Pokémon roles

Anime

Humans

Major
Minor

Pokémon

Major
Minor

Other animation

Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Animated Shorts

Video games

Pokémon Puzzle League

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Other non-Pokémon roles

Trivia

External links


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