Updated on December 11, 2021
This week’s entry is Maddie Blaustein, a voice actress who’s voiced various dubbed-for-English anime series.
Background
Blaustein’s most well-known role was as the voice of Meowth for the various “Pokemon” incarnations up through the late 2000s.
Blaustein also was a comic book writer. She wrote some stories for the Milestone Comics line, including Static‘s comic.
Blaustein was a transgender woman. She engaged in some activism for the transgender community.
Blaunstein died in her sleep in 2008, at age 48. YouTube contains many fan-made videos in tribute to Blaustein.
While I wasn’t the biggest Pokemon fan, Blaustein’s Meowth (and Team Rocket in general) was one of the more enjoyable aspects of the show. I also enjoyed the appearances of Rubber-Band Man in “Static Shock.” The super-stretching character was co-created by Blaustein for the original Milestone comics.
A few magazines (including LGBT newsmagazine “The Advocate”) also have done interviews with Blaustein (unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any links).
(Updated 11/14/16)
