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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Blaustein was born in {{wp|Long Island|Long Island, New York}} | Blaustein was born in {{wp|Long Island|Long Island, New York}}, as '''Adam John Blaustein'''. She was a {{wp|transgender}} woman. Because of her deep voice, she was usually cast as male characters. | ||
In addition to being a voice actress, Blaustein was also an artist and writer. She had written and edited for {{wp|Marvel Comics}} and, at the time of her death, was the senior digital artist at {{wp|DC Comics}}. She created the character of Rubber-Band Man from the cartoon {{wp|Static Shock}}. Blaustein was an artist in [http://www.trannyroadshow.com Tranny Road Show], a performing group composed of {{wp|transgender}} artists and performers. She had also collaborated with Gina Kamentsky on the cartoon ''Platform 6''. She also coached [[Kayzie Rogers]] for anime voice acting. | In addition to being a voice actress, Blaustein was also an artist and writer. She had written and edited for {{wp|Marvel Comics}} and, at the time of her death, was the senior digital artist at {{wp|DC Comics}}. She created the character of Rubber-Band Man from the cartoon {{wp|Static Shock}}. Blaustein was an artist in [http://www.trannyroadshow.com Tranny Road Show], a performing group composed of {{wp|transgender}} artists and performers. She had also collaborated with Gina Kamentsky on the cartoon ''Platform 6''. She also coached [[Kayzie Rogers]] for anime voice acting. | ||
As a voice actor, Blaustein was one of the original voice actors on Pokémon. Rogers helped her get her first role on the show, where she initially only played [[Character of the day|characters of the day]], but after [[EP032]], she took over [[Nathan Price]]'s role as {{MTR}}. She had commented that she tried to view the Japanese version of the series, and one of her goals was to emulate the scream that [[Inuko Inuyama]] gives Meowth. She remained with the series 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]]. Most of her roles were taken over by [[Bill Rogers]] and [[Carter Cathcart|Billy Beach]], who took over Meowth's role. | |||
She returned in the [[SS020|special based on]] [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]] as the voice of {{OBP|Chatot|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}}, which is her only role in the PUSA dub, as well as her final role on Pokémon before her death. | |||
===Death=== | ===Death=== | ||
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==Pokémon roles== | ==Pokémon roles== | ||
===Anime=== | ===Anime=== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Shortly after it was announced that [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|the voice cast would change]] after [[S08|the eighth season]], she joined both the [[Bulbagarden]] and [[Serebii.net]] forums to answer questions from fans. | * Shortly after it was announced that [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|the voice cast would change]] after [[S08|the eighth season]], she joined both the [[Bulbagarden]] and [[Serebii.net]] forums to answer questions from fans. | ||
* | * Blaustein and [[Ikue Ohtani]] are the only actors listed as reprising their anime roles (Meowth and Pikachu, respectively) in ''[[Pokémon Live!]]''. While Ohtani is listed as the voice of Pikachu in the show, considering Ohtani's role in the dub is just a reuse of her work from the Japanese version, it's likely only archive recordings of Ikue Ohtani were used for Pikachu in the show. Given this, Maddie is very likely the only actor from the anime to actually contribute a new performance for the live show. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||