Catherine Battistone
Description
Catherine Battistone is an American voice actress known for her work in anime dubs and video games, with a career spanning from the early 1980s until her retirement in 2008. She is also occasionally credited under the names Catherine Luciani and Katerina Luciani.
Battistone's career included voice work for numerous English adaptations of anime series and films produced during the 1990s and 2000s. One of her most widely recognized roles is Alpha 6 in the 1997 Power Rangers series, Power Rangers: Turbo. Prior to her focus on voice acting, she also made minor on-screen appearances in television shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, and Tales from the Darkside, as well as in films like Problem Child.
Her anime filmography is extensive. She voiced the lead role of Gen Nakaoka in the Streamline Pictures dub of the 1983 animated war drama Barefoot Gen. In the series Dinozaurs, she provided the voice for the character Diamond Ryugu, taking over the role from Diane Salinger for the latter part of the series. Other significant anime roles include Taiisukun and the Narrator in Fushigi Yūgi and its associated original video animations, Captain Magno Vivian in Vandread, the Grand Master of Witches in Tweeny Witches, and Methuselah in Witch Hunter Robin. Her work also includes roles in Crying Freeman, Space Adventure Cobra, The Twelve Kingdoms, Wolf's Rain, and the Harmony Gold dub of the original Dragon Ball series.
Throughout her career, Battistone was a frequent collaborator with a consistent pool of voice actors and directors in the Los Angeles-based anime dubbing industry. Her filmography shows numerous credits alongside voice actors such as Kirk Thornton, Wendee Lee, Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, and Steve Blum. Her professional output primarily consists of voice work for anime distributed by companies like Streamline Pictures and later for productions featured on networks and home video releases.
Battistone's career included voice work for numerous English adaptations of anime series and films produced during the 1990s and 2000s. One of her most widely recognized roles is Alpha 6 in the 1997 Power Rangers series, Power Rangers: Turbo. Prior to her focus on voice acting, she also made minor on-screen appearances in television shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, and Tales from the Darkside, as well as in films like Problem Child.
Her anime filmography is extensive. She voiced the lead role of Gen Nakaoka in the Streamline Pictures dub of the 1983 animated war drama Barefoot Gen. In the series Dinozaurs, she provided the voice for the character Diamond Ryugu, taking over the role from Diane Salinger for the latter part of the series. Other significant anime roles include Taiisukun and the Narrator in Fushigi Yūgi and its associated original video animations, Captain Magno Vivian in Vandread, the Grand Master of Witches in Tweeny Witches, and Methuselah in Witch Hunter Robin. Her work also includes roles in Crying Freeman, Space Adventure Cobra, The Twelve Kingdoms, Wolf's Rain, and the Harmony Gold dub of the original Dragon Ball series.
Throughout her career, Battistone was a frequent collaborator with a consistent pool of voice actors and directors in the Los Angeles-based anime dubbing industry. Her filmography shows numerous credits alongside voice actors such as Kirk Thornton, Wendee Lee, Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, and Steve Blum. Her professional output primarily consists of voice work for anime distributed by companies like Streamline Pictures and later for productions featured on networks and home video releases.
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- EnglishAnime overview: Dinozaurs: The Series
- EnglishAnime overview: Barefoot Gen