Cree Summer is an American and Canadian actress and singer who has built an extensive career as a voice actor in animation since the early 1980s. While her body of work is vast and primarily rooted in Western animation, she has provided English voiceovers for a limited number of anime projects. Her involvement in the anime series Karas serves as a notable example of her foray into this area of voice acting.

Summer began her voice acting career in 1983 with the original Inspector Gadget cartoon and has since voiced hundreds of characters across television, film, and video games. She is particularly well-known for her long-running roles in Western animation, such as Penny in Inspector Gadget, Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats, Numbuh 5 in Codename: Kids Next Door, and Foxxy Love in Drawn Together. She has also been a prominent voice in the DC animated universe, playing characters like Max Gibson in Batman Beyond and Vixen in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, among others. Her work has seen her frequently collaborate with other renowned voice actors, including Jeff Bennett and Tara Strong, with whom she has shared a childhood friendship.

In the context of anime, Cree Summer is recognized for her role in the 2005-2007 original video animation series Karas. In this six-part series, she provided the English voice for the character Yurine, who is the physical embodiment of the city's spirit. Summer took over the role from actress Piper Perabo for the second half of the series, voicing Yurine in episodes four through six, which were compiled into the DVD release Karas: The Revelation. The DVD special features include a segment titled "Inside the Voice Over Booth," which shows Summer recording her lines for the role. Apart from Karas, her filmography lists a single episode voice role in the long-running anime Naruto: Shippuden, where she voiced the character Karui.