Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.

Early life

Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school and got in trouble for it.

Career

Lee's first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross. She would continue dance and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreographer, and dance instruction.

Lee's major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of Akira, Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop, Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on Digimon Adventure, Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky Star. She has also worked as an ADR director on Bleach, Love Hina and Outlaw Star and a casting director on The Night B4 Christmas. In 2014–2015, she voiced Queen Serenity in the Viz Media re-dub of the classic Sailor Moon series and the new Sailor Moon Crystal series.

In 2023, Lee was embroiled in controversy after a decision by Viz Media and Studiopolis to not move forward with Anairis Quiñones as Yoruichi Shihōin, with the role in Bleach being reprised by Lee.

Professional wrestler AJ Mendez adopted the latter part of her ring name in honor of Lee.

Filmography

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Anime

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| || 'Little Women' || Sallie Gardiner, Patty || &nbsp;|| rowspan="4" | CA<!-- crystal acids -->

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| || Dragon Ball || Bulma || As Wendee Swan

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| || Zillion || Amy ||

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| || Zillion: Burning Night || Amy ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water || Nadia || Streamline dub ||

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| || Brigadoon: Marin to Melan|| Marin Asagi, Lolo, others || || rowspan="4" | CA<!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="4" | || Outlaw Star|| Twilight Suzuka, others || ADR voice director

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| Rurouni Kenshin|| Myōjin Yahiko, Komagata Yumi|| as Elyse Floyd

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| Magic Knight Rayearth || Umi Ryuuzaki, Princess Emeraude || Also Rayearth 2

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| Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket || Chris || ||

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| –02 || Mon Colle Knights || Batch, Ms. Loon, Lovestar || ||

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| rowspan="5" | || Love Hina || Kaolla Su, Tama-chan || Also Specials "Love Hina Again", "Christmas Special", "Spring Special"<br />ADR voice director and script writer ||

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| Kurogane Communication || Trigger, Angela, Lillith || ADR voice director and script writer || CA<!-- crystal acids -->

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| Shinzo || Queen Rusephine, others || Also script writer ||

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| Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School || Ryoko Mitsurugi || ||

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| Ys || Sarah Toba || ||

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| Great Teacher Onizuka || Azusa Fuyutsuki, others || ||

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| Ys II: Castle in the Heavens || Maria Messe, Tarf Hadal || ||

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| Stellvia of the Universe || Chiaki Katase || ADR voice director and script writer || |

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| Witch Hunter Robin || Miho Karasuma ||

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| –14 || Ikki Tousen series || Goei || Series Battle Vixens, Great Guardians, Xtreme Xecutor ||

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| rowspan="5" | || Scrapped Princess || Senes Giat, Diana || ||

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| Planetes || Fee Carmichael || ||

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| Grenadier || Rushuna Tendo || ADR director and ADR writer ||

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| Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki || Little Girl Kagato, Kiyone Masaki || OVA3 || CA<!-- crystal acids -->

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| DearS || Mitsuka Yoshimine || ||

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| –09 || Naruto || Moegi, Neji Hyuga (young), Tsubaki, others || Also related specials and movies ||

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| || Boys Be... || Jyunna Morio || Ep. 11 ||

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| –07 || Haré+Guu || Weda || ||

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| –14 || Bleach || Yoruichi Shihōin, Tatsuki Arisawa, Ururu Tsumugiya, others || ADR voice director ||

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| MÄR || Dorothy || &nbsp; ||

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| || Lucky Star || Konata Izumi, Haruhi Suzumiya (cameo) || &nbsp; ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital || Saori Maki, Natto-Kozo, Keijoro || &nbsp; ||

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| rowspan="3" | –15 || Knights of Sidonia || Captain Kobayashi || &nbsp; ||

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| Doraemon || Sue's Mom, others || ADR voice director ||

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| Sailor Moon|| Queen Serenity, DD Girls|| Viz Media dub ||

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| The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan || Haruhi Suzumiya || &nbsp; ||

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| Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation || Blanc || First role recorded at Funimation/OkraTron 5000 ||

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| BlazBlue: Alter Memory || Takamagahara || ||

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| A Lull in the Sea || Akira Shiodome, Tsumugu's mother || ADR voice director ||

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| –16 || Durarara!!×2 || Kasane Kujiragi || ||

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| –17 || Sailor Moon Crystal|| Queen Serenity || Viz Media dub ||

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|March Comes In like a Lion

|Misaki, Young Rei Kiriyama

|Also director

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| –18 || Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans || Amida Arca || ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Dragon Ball Super || Bulma || Bang Zoom! dub for Toonami Asia ||

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| Berserk || Luca || 2016 series ||

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|2018

|Beyblade Burst Turbo

|Koji Konda

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|2019

|One-Punch Man

|Do-S

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| –23 || Boruto: Naruto Next Generations || Moegi || || Tweet

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| rowspan="6" |2021

|Cells at Work! Code Black

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|ADR director

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|Adachi and Shimamura

|Adachi's Mom

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|Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song

|Archive

|ADR director

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|Kageki Shojo!!

|Aika Shion

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|Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

|Tatsuki Arisawa, Menoly Mallia, and Yoruichi Shihōin

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| Popples || Sunny

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|rowspan="2"| || High Guardian Spice || Angie || &nbsp; ||

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| Heaven Official's Blessing || Ling Wen || Chinese donghua<br />English dub ||

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| 2004 || Duck Dodgers || Marsoon, Woman, Marsbit || Ep. "The Menace of Maninsuit/K-9 Quarry" || &nbsp;

| 2010–11 || Cloud Bread || Hongshi, Mom, Mimi, others || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| 2013 || Popples || Sunny || ||

| 2013 || Secret Millionaires Club || Hostess || Ep. "Paranormally, We Don't Do This Kind of Thing" || &nbsp;

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Creepy Crawlers – Additional voices

Hello Kitty: Stump Village – Narrator || Also voice director and script writer ||

Little Mouse on the Prairie – Blossom, Mom, Grandma

The Return of Dogtanian – Fleur

Willy Fog 2 – Additional voices

WordWorld – Caterpillar

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Feature films

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| || Digimon: The Movie || Young TK, Little Girl 1, Party Girl 1, Kokomon || || CA<!-- crystal acids -->

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| rowspan="3" | || Akira || Kei || Pioneer/Animaze dub ||

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| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust || Charlotte Elbourne|| ||

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|Sakura Wars: The Movie

|Sakura Shinguji

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| || Cowboy Bebop: The Movie|| Faye Valentine|| ||

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| || Twice as Dead|| Alice || ||

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| || The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya || Haruhi Suzumiya || ||

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| || Blue Exorcist: The Movie || Shura Kirigakure, Rin Okumura (Young) || Limited theatrical release ||

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| || The Laws of the Universe Part 0 || || Voice Director<br />Limited theatrical release ||

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| || Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV || Sylva Via Fleuret || Limited theatrical release || rowspan="4" |

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Direct-to-video and television films

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| Resident Evil: Damnation || Svetlana Belikova || ||

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| Monster High: Boo York, Boo York || Nefera de Nile || ||

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| The Nutcracker Sweet || Mother, Princess Marmalade, Mice || || rowspan="4" |

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| || Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! || T.K. Takaishi (Young), Noriko (Party Girl 1), Girl 2A || ||

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| || Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals || Kokomon, T.K. Takaishi (Young) || ||

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<!-- IN RESUME, NEEDS NOTABILITY | || Katy the Caterpillar || (Katy's sister) || As Wendy Lengyel || -->

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| || Rusty: A Dog's Tale || Additional voices || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Bio Zombie || Rolls || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust || Charlotte || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Aquarian Age Saga II: Don’t Forget Me || Yoko Ashray, Boy, Yuna Itsuki || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children || Additional voices || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Redline || Clerk || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Robotech: Love Live Alive || Kay || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

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<!-- NEED SOURCE BESIDES RESUME SINCE SHE IS NOT LISTED IN CREDITS | || Monster High || Nefera de Nile || || -->

<!-- NEED SOURCE BESIDES RESUME SINCE SHE IS NOT LISTED IN CREDITS | || Monster High: Ghouls Rule || Nefera de Nile || || -->

<!-- NEED SOURCE | Sakura Wars: The Movie || Sakura Shinguji || Also script writer || -->

<!-- NEED SOURCE | | Blue Exorcist: The Movie || Shura Kirigakure, Rin Okumura (child) || || -->

Live-action

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| || Power Rangers Lost Galaxy || Alpha 6 || || <!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=domalEdXjhc -->

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| rowspan="4" | || Digimon Rumble Arena || Young TK || || rowspan="8" |

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| rowspan="5" | || Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII || Incidental characters || &nbsp; ||

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| Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra || Nigredo || Also voice over director and script writer ||

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| Tales of the Abyss || <!-- Nephry Osborne, Rose, others || Uncredited --> || Voice director ||

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| .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth || Zelkova || &nbsp; ||

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| World of Warcraft || Alexstrasza || &nbsp; || rowspan="4" |

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| Ninja Gaiden 3 || Sanji || &nbsp; ||

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| Fire Emblem Awakening || Avatars || &nbsp; || rowspan="5" |

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| Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection || rowspan="2" | Blanc / White Heart || rowspan="3" | Uncredited ||

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| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 ||

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| rowspan="2" | || Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation || Blanc / White Heart<!-- White Disc -->||

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| Xenoblade Chronicles X || Additional voices || &nbsp; ||

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| || Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice || Athena Cykes || Also voice director ||

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|Nier: Automata || Additional voices || Also voice director ||

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| Fire Emblem Heroes || Veronica, Lyn, Sophia, Maria || || rowspan="6" |

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| || Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... || Gepetto, Hook || Also voice director || <!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiN3MD4VxoE -->

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| || Skullgirls || Black Dhalia, Sekhmet || || rowspan="2" |

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| Detective Pikachu Returns ||

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| rowspan="3" |2024

|Persona 3 Reload

|Ms. Terauchi

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| rowspan="2" |2026

|Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

|Sonia Strumm

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| || Brave Fencer Musashi || Wanda || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Phase Paradox || Various voices || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Vampire Hunter D || Charlotte, Little Carmila || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix || Hana Tsu-Vachel || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Neverwinter Nights || Aribeth, PC "Innocent Idealist" || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Neverwinter Nights || Lady Aribeth || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Lords of EverQuest || Announcer || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex || Toshimi Tagami || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| –06 || Everquest II || Various characters || Also expansion pack Echoes of Faydwer || &nbsp;

| || Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance || Lola || Uncredited || &nbsp;

| || Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII || Incidental characters || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || GrimGrimoire || Lillet Blan || Uncredited || &nbsp;

| || Katamari Forever || Mizue Hoshino || Uncredited<br />Also voice director || &nbsp;

| || Bleach: Shattered Blade || Yoruichi Shihōin || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || The Golden Compass || Witch, Adamo, Bolvangar Nurse || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Culdcept Saga || Anedia || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Dragon Age: Origins || Lily || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Arcania: Gothic 4 || Various characters || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters || Zamarons || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || DuckTales Remastered || Mrs. Beakley || &nbsp; || &nbsp;

| || Heroes of the Storm || Alexstrasza the Life-Binder || ||

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| || Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade || Queen Catherine Ironfist || |||

| || Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor || Queen Catherine Ironfist || ||

| || Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner || Anhj || ||

| || Bleach: The Blade of Fate || Yoruichi Shihōin, Tatsuki Arisawa || ||

| || Bleach: Dark Souls || Yoruichi Shihōin, Tatsuki Arisawa, Ururu Tsumugiya || ||

| || Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 || Tsubaki || ||

| || Bleach: The 3rd Phantom || Yoruichi Shihōin, Female Soul Reaper || ||

| || Section 8: Prejudice || Mother || ||

| || Bleach: Soul Resurrección || Yoruichi Shihōin || ||

| || Skullgirls || Black Dhalia,

Sehkmet || Downlodable content ||

| || Heroes of the Storm || Alexstrasza || ||

| || Phantasy Star Online 2 || Aki || ||

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Documentaries

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Notes

References

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Wendee Lee interview on Anime Herald
  • Wendee Lee interview on Gamasutra
  • Wendee Lee interview Gamasutra
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  • Wendee Lee at Crystal Acids