Monica Rial Biography
Monica Rial is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. Rial provides voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.
Monica Rial Age
Monica Jean Rial was born on October 5, 1975 in Houston, Texas, U.S. As of 2018, she is 43 years old.
Monica Rial Height
Rial stands at a height of 5′ 6″ (1.68 m).
Monica Rial Net Worth
Rial has an approximated net worth of between $100,000 – $1M U.S dollars.
Monica Rial Siblings
Rial has a younger brother, Miguel and a younger sister, Natalie, who is also an actress. Both siblings have dubbed on anime projects.
Vic Mignogna Monica Rial
Following Ron Toye and Vic Mignogna, Dragon Ball Super voice actor Monica Rial has given her deposition in the ongoing defamation lawsuit brought against her by Mignogna. Giving her deposition to Carey Christie, a member of the Beard Harris Bullock Huges law firm and Mignogna’s legal team who was chastised during Toye’s deposition by Rial and Toye’s attorney Casey S.
Erick, Rial’s deposition started with a standard discussion of Rial’s background, with Christie confirmed facts presented by Rial, such as her work history and social media accounts. While discussing Monica Rial’s employment with Funimation, Rial notes that Funimation does not regularly provide employees with updated company policies.
Monica Rial Early Life
Rial’s father is from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. When she was young, her family would often visit Spain. She would translate for her younger brother some of the European Spanish-dubbed cartoons which included anime shows Doraemon and Dragon Ball Z, often imitating the various characters.
Monica Rial Education
Monica Rial studied ballet, tap and jazz, but transitioned to musical theatre when was 12 years old. Rial studied acting through high school as well as college at the University of Houston. In an interview with Otaku News, Rial mentioned voice actor inspirations from The Simpsons, Family Guy and Beavis and Butt-head. Rial was working on a theatre show with Jason Douglas, who suggested she audition for ADV Films. Rial’s first voice-over role was some walla in the 1999 dub of Martian Successor Nadesico.
Rial said in an interview with Otaku News that she had to talk for two minutes straight as folks in a crowd telling the Jovians to go home. Later, Rial landed in main character roles as Miharu in Gasaraki, Natsume in Generator Gawl and the title character in ADV Films’ production of Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater, the last of which was one of ADV’s best-selling DVDs. Rial voiced Izumi in 2001, in the baseball anime Princess Nine and in 2002, she got to voice Hyatt in Excel Saga, which she listed among her absolute favorites.
Monica Rial voiced best-friend character Kyoko Tokiwa in Full Metal Panic! in 2003, and got to reprise her for Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. In the same year, she voiced Kirika Yumura, the quiet assassin partner in Noir. Rial said that Kirika was challenging because she had very few words but had to convey a lot of emotions. Rial also noted that Kirika’s personality changed over the course of the series, so she voiced her to be more emotional in later episodes which drew some criticism from fans.
She also voiced Lila in Najica Blitz Tactics where she also got to do a DVD commentary together with fellow actress Kira Vincent-Davis. The commentaries have become popular as Rial receives feedback from fans about them at anime conventions. In the sci-fi show RahXephon, Rial voiced female protagonist Haruka Shitou.
Monica Rial started voice-over work with the anime dubbing company Funimation In 2004, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. During that year, Rial voiced Amy in the long-running detective anime series Case Closed and Lyra (aka Dante) in the drama series Fullmetal Alchemist. Both of these shows were featured on Cartoon Network. Rial also voiced co-lead character Lumiere in Kiddy Grade. Meanwhile, with ADV, she voiced Nyamo-sensei in the school comedy Azumanga Daioh.
In Blue Seed and Maya in Neon Genesis Evangelion Rial had also taken over some character roles as Momiji. She said that it was very difficult to try to sound like the previous voice actors, especially Maya’s low voice, so she tried her own approach. She also got to voice Pen-Pen the penguin in Evangelion. Rial voiced the serious lead character Jo in 2005, in a team of mercenary girls in the cyberpunk science fiction series Burst Angel.
Monica Rial voiced the title character in 2006, in Nanaka 6/17, about a 17-year-old girl who, through an accident, has amnesia and regresses to her 6-year-old self. She voiced female protagonist Kagura Tennōzu, in Speed Grapher and in the ADV Films remake of Macross, she voiced Misa Hayase. Rial voiced Sakura in 2007, in the English anime adaptation of Clamp’s Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle; Maria in Witchblade; Misuzu Kamio, a heroine in Air, and the title character in Kurau: Phantom Memory. Rial also voiced lead characters Misao Shinohara, Sasami’s best friend in Sasami: Magical Girls Club; and heroine Asa Shigure in the harem comedy Shuffle!.
When Dragon Ball Z was remade as Dragon Ball Z Kai, in 2010, Rial got to voice the heroine character Bulma. She voiced other lead girl characters such as Miya Asami in Sekirei, May Chang in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa in Soul Eater and Ringo in Casshern Sins. Both Soul Eater and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood have had sizeable runs on Adult Swim’s Toonami block. She voiced the title character Mina Tepes in 2011, in Dance in the Vampire Bund, as well as several lead female characters in ensemble shows Rosario + Vampire, Highschool of the Dead and Fairy Tail, such as Yukari Sendou, Shizuka Marikawa and Mirajane Strauss respectively.
In 2012, Rial voiced more leads with Shiro in Deadman Wonderland which also broadcast on Adult Swim, Stocking in the raunchy comedy Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. She voiced the heroine character Haruko Amaya in 2013, in the harem comedy Maken-ki! and Iori Nagase in the school anime series Kokoro Connect. With regards to her lead role of Michiko Malandro in Michiko & Hatchin, which was released on DVD in 2013 and was broadcast on Adult Swim in 2015, she said that out of the 300 or so characters she had voiced, only two of them were Hispanic and she liked that her character wasn’t a stereotype. In 2014 and 2015, Rial voiced the title characters in the comedies Watamote and Maid Sama! as Tomoko Kuroki and Misaki Ayuzawa, respectively.
In addition to voice acting, she has been steadily involved in ADR script writing, with work in the English dubs for D.N. Madlax, Angel and Gatchaman. Rial said in an interview with Active Anime that she would “take the direct translation and write it into a coherent scene that matches the lip flaps”. At later anime conventions, she has mentioned that ADR script writing has kept her quite occupied, especially with simuldubs, which are shows that are locally dubbed soon after the original broadcast. Rial has also written columns for Newtype’s USA edition. Rial announced in January 2018, that she is taking time off of script adaptation.
Monica Rial Filmography
Anime
Year |
Title |
Role |
Crew role, Notes |
1999 |
Martian Successor Nadesico |
Mikako, Miss Kobayashi |
Debut roles |
2000 |
Hello Kitty’s Animation Theater |
Hello Kitty |
ADV and Sanrio production |
2000 |
Gasaraki |
Miharu |
|
2000 |
Generator Gawl |
Natsume |
|
2001 |
Princess Nine |
Izumi Himuro |
|
2002 |
Excel Saga |
Hyatt |
|
2002 |
Steel Angel Kurumi |
Saki |
|
2003 |
Blue Seed Beyond |
Momiji Fujimiya |
|
2003 |
Angelic Layer |
Tamayo Kizaki |
|
2003 |
Najica Blitz Tactics |
Lila |
|
2003 |
Noir |
Kirika Yuumura |
|
2003 |
RahXephon |
Haruka Shitou |
|
2003–18 |
Full Metal Panic! series |
Kyoko Tokiwa |
|
2004 |
Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution |
Yoriko Sannou |
|
2004 |
Azumanga Daioh |
Minamo “Nyamo” Kurosawa |
|
2004 |
Case Closed |
Amy Yeager |
|
2004 |
D.N.Angel |
Towa |
ADR script writer |
2004 |
Fullmetal Alchemist |
Lyra / Dante |
|
2004 |
Kiddy Grade |
Lumière |
|
2004 |
Neon Genesis Evangelion |
Maya Ibuki |
Director’s Cut |
2004 |
Spiral |
Rio Takeuchi |
|
2004 |
Parasite Dolls |
Reiko Michaelson |
|
2005 |
Those Who Hunt Elves |
Bruno, Presiding Judge |
Season 2 |
2005 |
A Tree of Palme |
Mu |
|
2005 |
Burst Angel |
Jo |
|
2005 |
Ghost Stories |
Momoko Koigakubo |
|
2005 |
Godannar |
Mira Ackerman |
|
2005 |
Initial D |
Sayuki |
Funimation dub |
2005 |
Kodocha |
Aya Sugita |
|
2006 |
Rumbling Hearts |
Mayu Tamano |
|
2006 |
Black Cat |
Kyoko Kirisaki |
|
2006 |
D.Gray-man |
Lero, Lulu Bell, Chomesuke |
|
2006 |
Gatchaman |
ADR script writer |
|
2006 |
Madlax |
ADR script writer |
|
2006 |
Nanaka 6/17 |
Nanaka Kirisato |
|
2006 |
Negima! |
Konoka Konoe, Kazumi Asakura, Satsuki Yosuba |
Also Negima!? |
2006 |
Shin-chan |
Ai Suotome |
Funimation dub |
2006 |
Speed Grapher |
Kagura Tennōzu |
|
2006 |
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross |
Misa Hayase |
|
2006 |
Moon Phase |
Hazuki/Luna |
|
2007 |
Air |
Misuzu Kamio |
|
2007 |
Air Gear |
Simca |
|
2007 |
Pani Poni Dash! |
Sayaka “Number 6” Suzuki |
|
2007 |
Kurau: Phantom Memory |
Kurau Amami |
|
2007 |
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle |
Sakura |
|
2007 |
Witchblade |
Maria |
ADR script writer |
2008 |
Ouran High School Host Club |
Renge Houshakuji |
|
2008 |
Sasami: Magical Girls Club |
Misao Shinohara |
|
2008 |
Shuffle! |
Asa Shigure |
|
2009 |
Nabari no Ou |
Shinra Banshou |
ADR Director |
2009 |
El Cazador de la Bruja |
Lirio |
|
2010 |
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood |
May Chang |
|
2010 |
Dragon Ball Z Kai |
Bulma |
Funimation dub |
2010 |
Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne |
Sayara Yamanobe |
|
2010 |
Casshern Sins |
Ringo |
|
2010 |
Soul Eater |
Tsubaki Nakatsukasa |
Also Soul Eater Not! |
2010–12 |
Sekirei series |
Miya Asama |
|
2011 |
Highschool of the Dead |
Shizuka Marikawa |
|
2011 |
Chaos;Head |
Shino Hazuki |
also Chaos;Child |
2011 |
Chrome Shelled Regios |
Felli Loss |
|
2011 |
Dance in the Vampire Bund |
Mina Tepeş |
|
2011–present |
Fairy Tail |
Mirajane Strauss |
Lead Writer, Script Writer |
2011 |
Heaven’s Lost Property series |
Daedalus |
|
2011 |
Rosario + Vampire series |
Yukari Sendo |
|
2011-12 |
Nakaimo – My Sister Is Among Them! |
Konoe Tsuruma |
|
2012 |
A Certain Magical Index series |
Index |
|
2012 |
Cat Planet Cuties |
Aoi Futaba |
|
2012 |
Deadman Wonderland |
Shiro |
|
2012 |
Freezing |
Attia Simmons |
|
2012 |
Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions |
Ringo Akai |
|
2012 |
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt |
Stocking |
|
2012 |
Shakugan no Shana |
Pheles |
Seasons 2–3 |
2012 |
Black Butler II |
Mey-Rin |
|
2012 |
C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility |
Q |
|
2013 |
A Certain Scientific Railgun series |
Index |
|
2013 |
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero |
Kuzuha Doumoto |
|
2013 |
Eureka Seven AO |
Noa |
|
2013 |
Guilty Crown |
Tsugumi |
|
2013 |
Kokoro Connect |
Iori Nagase |
|
2013 |
Maken-ki! series |
Haruko Amaya |
|
2013 |
Michiko & Hatchin |
Michiko Malandro |
|
2013 |
Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar |
Doll |
|
2013 |
Another |
Mei Misaki |
|
2013 |
Is This a Zombie? series |
Head Teacher |
|
2013 |
Sankarea: Undying Love |
Babu |
|
2013 |
Appleseed XIII |
Deia Chades |
|
2013 |
Aquarion Evol |
Shush |
|
2013 |
Future Diary |
Kamado Ueshita (8th) |
|
2013 |
Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing |
Sara |
|
2014 |
Date A Live series |
Mii Fujibakama |
|
2014 |
Kamisama Kiss |
Numano Himemiko |
|
2014 |
WataMote |
Tomoko Kuroki |
|
2014 |
MM! |
Mio Isurugi |
|
2014 |
Psycho-Pass 2 |
Mizue Shisui |
|
2014 |
Robotics;Notes |
Junna Daitoku |
|
2014 |
Rozen Maiden Zurücksplen |
Kanaria |
|
2014 |
Senran Kagura |
Homura |
|
2014 |
Majestic Prince |
Tamaki Irie |
|
2014 |
Hetalia: The Beautiful World |
Female England (Nyotalia) |
|
2015 |
Dog & Scissors |
Yayoi Honda |
|
2015 |
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions series |
Kuzuha Togashi |
|
2015 |
Nobunagun |
DOGOO |
|
2015 |
Tokyo Ghoul |
Rize Kamishiro |
Script Writer |
2015 |
Tokyo Ravens |
Kon |
|
2015 |
Unbreakable Machine-Doll |
Henriette Belew |
|
2015 |
Yona of the Dawn |
Yona |
Script Writer |
2015 |
Assassination Classroom |
Kaede Kayano |
Also Koro-sensei Q! |
2015 |
Blood Blockade Battlefront |
Sonic |
|
2015 |
D-Frag! |
Azuma Matsubara |
|
2015 |
Danganronpa: The Animation |
Sayaka Maizono |
|
2015 |
Death Parade |
Misaki Tachibana |
Ep. 4 |
2015 |
Maid Sama! |
Misaki Ayuzawa |
|
2015 |
Mikagura School Suite |
Eruna Ichinomiya |
|
2015 |
Ninja Slayer From Animation |
Yamoto Koki |
|
2015 |
selector infected WIXOSS |
Tama |
Also selector spread WIXOSS |
2015 |
Show by Rock!! series |
Moa |
|
2015 |
Super Sonico |
Fuuri Watanuki |
|
2015 |
The Rolling Girls |
Yukina Kosaka |
|
2015 |
Ultimate Otaku Teacher |
Kanan Chinami |
|
2015 |
Wanna Be the Strongest in the World |
Elena Miyazawa |
|
2015 |
Yurikuma Arashi |
Ginko Yurishiro |
|
2015 |
Sky Wizards Academy |
Head Writer |
|
2015 |
Seraph of the End |
Krul Tepes |
ADR script writer |
2015 |
Riddle Story of Devil |
Chitaru Namatame |
|
2015 |
Kyoukai no Kanata |
Mitsuki Nase |
|
2016 |
Hanayamata |
Yaya Sasame |
|
2016 |
Lord Marksman and Vanadis |
Valentina Glinka Estes |
|
2016 |
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn |
Uzal Delilah |
|
2016 |
Garo: The Animation |
Ema Guzmán |
|
2016 |
Snow White with the Red Hair |
Umihebi |
|
2016 |
Dimension W |
Claire Skyheart |
Ep. 3 |
2016 |
My Neighbor Seki |
Rumi Yokoi |
|
2016–present |
My Hero Academia |
Tsuyu Asui |
|
2016 |
Love Live! Sunshine!! |
Mito Takami |
|
2010 |
Birdy the Mighty: Decode |
Christella Revi |
ADR script writer |
2016 |
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? |
Yui Saito |
2016
|
Den-noh Coil
|
Yūko Amasawa
|
|
2016 |
First Love Monster |
Mafuyu Hayashi |
|
2016 |
Shimoneta |
Anna Nishikinomiya |
|
2016 |
Puzzle & Dragons X |
Morgan |
|
2016 |
Chaos Dragon |
Shoren |
|
2016 |
Aoharu x Machinegun |
Hotaru Tachibana |
|
2016 |
Keijo!!!!!!!! |
Hitomi Hokuto |
Lead Writer |
2016 |
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace |
Hanabishi |
|
2016 |
Drifters |
EASY |
|
2016 |
Yuri on Ice |
Mila Babicheva |
|
2017 |
Dragon Ball Super |
Bulma, Seer |
Funimation dub |
2017 |
Garo: Crimson Moon |
Seimei |
|
2017 |
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid |
Charlotte Scharsen |
|
2017 |
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA |
Kirin Shima |
|
2017 |
Akiba’s Trip: The Animation |
Tejasvi Latu |
|
2017 |
Saga of Tanya the Evil |
Tanya Degurechaff |
|
2017 |
Hand Shakers |
Bind |
Script Writer |
2017 |
Fūka |
Yamada |
Eps. 2–4 |
2017 |
Masamune-kun’s Revenge |
Yoshino Koiwai |
|
2017 |
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas |
Eirenus |
|
2017 |
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor |
Rumia Tingel |
|
2017 |
Love Tyrant |
Yuzu Kichōgasaki |
Script Writer |
2017 |
Tsukigakirei |
Saori Mizuno |
|
2017 |
Brave Witches |
Aleksandra Ivanovna Pokryshkin |
|
2017 |
WorldEnd |
Elq-Hrqstn |
|
2017 |
Gosick |
Carmilla, Morella |
Eps. 17, 23 |
2017 |
The Silver Guardian |
Twin Star, Shin, Wei |
|
2017 |
Clockwork Planet |
AnchoR |
|
2017 |
Monster Musume |
Su |
|
2017 |
KanColle: Kantai Collection |
Akatsuki |
|
2017 |
18if |
Yuko Sakurabe |
|
2017 |
Space Patrol Luluco |
Lalaco Godspeed |
|
2017 |
Saiyuki Reload Blast |
Talche |
|
2017 |
Hina Logi ~from Luck & Logic~ |
Rino Fujisaki |
|
2017 |
Sakura Quest |
Constanza |
Ep. 16 |
2017 |
Chronos Ruler |
Ice Raider |
|
2017 |
Restaurant to Another World |
Kuro |
|
2017 |
Taboo Tattoo |
Bluesy Fluesy |
|
2017 |
Hundred |
Vitaly Tynyanov |
|
2017 |
Jūni Taisen: Zodiac War |
Ryōka Niwa / Rooster |
|
2017 |
Urahara |
Misa Maruno |
|
2017 |
In Another World With My Smartphone |
Leen |
|
2017 |
Black Clover |
Nero |
Ep. 7 |
2017 |
Garo: Vanishing Line |
Queen |
|
2018 |
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless |
Miyano |
|
2018 |
Food Wars! The Second Plate |
Jun Shiomi |
|
2018 |
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card |
Sakura Kinomoto |
|
2018 |
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody |
Arisa |
|
2018 |
Pop Team Epic |
Pipimi |
Ep. 5a |
2018 |
Junji Ito Collection |
Tomie Kawakami |
|
2018 |
Steins;Gate 0 |
Maho Hiyajo |
|
2018 |
Golden Kamuy |
Asirpa |
|
2018 |
Made in Abyss |
Mitty |
|
2018 |
Radiant |
Alma |
|
2018 |
Concrete Revolutio |
Campe |
Ep. 2 |
2018 |
SSSS.GRIDMAN |
Anosillus the 2nd |
|
2018 |
Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi |
Yodoko |
Monica Rial Film
List of voice performances in feature films
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
Source |
2014 |
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods |
Bulma, Seer |
|
|
2015 |
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ |
Bulma, Seer |
|
|
2016 |
The Boy and the Beast |
Chiko |
|
|
2016 |
Harmony |
Miach Mihie |
|
|
2018 |
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes |
Tsuyu Asui |
||
2019 |
Dragon Ball Super: Broly |
Bulma |
Limited theatrical release |
|
List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
Source |
2005 |
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming |
Coco |
|
|
2006 |
Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper |
Amy Yeager |
[39] |
|
2010 |
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies |
Bulma |
Funimation re-dub |
|
2012 |
Towa no Quon |
Tei Ryumonji |
OVA series |
|
2012 |
King of Thorn |
Alice |
|
|
2012 |
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost |
Treeya |
|
|
2016 |
Strike Witches: The Movie |
Aleksandra Ivanovna Pokryshkin |
Monica Rial Film
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
Source[2] |
2015 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever |
Jubilee |
Ep. “Knapsack!” |
[189][1] |
2017 |
RWBY |
Sienna Khan |
[190] |
|
2019 |
Gen:LOCK |
Raquel Marin |
[191] |
Monica Rial Video games
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
Source |
2003 |
Unlimited Saga |
Marie, Silver Hair |
Resume |
|
2009 |
Lux-Pain |
Natsuki |
Resume |
|
2009 |
Case Closed: The Mirapolis Investigation |
Amy Yeager |
[39] |
|
2009 |
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo |
Ghost Usher |
[192] |
|
2010 |
Blazing Souls Accelate |
Little Snow |
Resume |
|
2010 |
Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team |
Bulma |
[193] |
|
2011 |
Monster Tale |
Zoe |
[39] |
|
2011 |
Ms. Splosion Man |
Ms. Splosion Man |
Resume |
|
2011 |
Gunstringer |
Lady of the Dead |
Resume |
|
2011 |
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi |
Bulma |
[194] |
|
2012 |
Tribes: Ascend |
Diamond Sword |
Resume |
|
2012 |
Borderlands 2 |
Ms. Tediore, Morningstar |
[195] |
|
2014 |
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! |
R-D513, Rose Yin, Cleaning Bot, Flirty Bar Dame, Voice of Tediore |
[196] |
|
2014 |
Smite |
Hel, Sobek’s Parrot |
[39] |
|
2016 |
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 |
Bulma |
[197] |
|
2017 |
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia |
Mila |
[198] |
|
2018 |
Dragon Ball FighterZ |
Bulma |
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