Shelley Calene-Black is an American

United States

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 actress and voice actress who has worked for Funimation Entertainment

Funimation Entertainment

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, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. She has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 films and television series.

She has also moved into live action roles, playing the lead role of Maria Patterson in the Mariusz Kotowski

Mariusz Kotowski

Mariusz Kotowski is a Polish-born film director and producer. He has gained a reputation for cinematic portrayals that are atypical of both Hollywood and independent film styles and that cleverly mix different film approaches into a cohesive whole....

-directed Holocaust film Esther's Diary

Esther's Diary (film)

Forgiveness is a 2008 American dramatic Holocaust film written and directed by Polish-American director Mariusz Kotowski, with a screenplay by Allan Knee...

(2010).

Anime roles

• 009-1
  009-1
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman , a female cyborg who works as a secret agent...
  
  - Mary
• Air - Yukito's Mother
• Air Gear
  Air Gear
  is a shōnen manga written and illustrated by Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure. Air Gear revolves around the life of Itsuki Minami "Ikki", also known as "Baby Face", "Lil Crow", and his friends. The story follows their use of Air Treks, an in-universe invention derived from inline skates...
  
  - Mikan Noyamano
• Angelic Layer
  Angelic Layer
  is a manga series released by Clamp. The manga is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It is the group's first work to use a quite different art style unseen in any other CLAMP series, which uses a more...
  
  - Madoka Fujisaki, Tsubasa McEnzie
• Appleseed (film) - Nike (Sentai Dub)
• Appleseed Ex Machina
  Appleseed Ex Machina
  Appleseed Ex Machina is a 2007 Japanese animated CG film and is the sequel to the 2004 Appleseed film, similarly directed by Shinji Aramaki, and was produced by Hong Kong director and producer John Woo. It was released on October 20, 2007 in Japan and made its American premiere at the Jules Verne...
  
  - Nike
• Aura Battler Dunbine
  Aura Battler Dunbine
  is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sunrise Studios.Dunbine is set in Byston Well, a parallel world that resembles the countryside of medieval Europe with kingdoms ruled by monarchs in castles, armies of unicorn-riding cavalry armed with swords and crossbows,...
  
  - Galarea
• Azumanga Daioh
  Azumanga Daioh
  is a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes...
  
  - Eiko
• Best Student Council - Nanaho Kinjo
• Canaan
  Canaan (anime)
  Canaan is a 13-episode anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a...
  
  - Canaan
• Casshern Sins
  Casshern Sins
  is a reboot of the classic anime series Casshan, animated by Madhouse. It premiered in Japan on October 1, 2008, following a sneak preview of the first episode at Otakon 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland....
  
  - Leda
• Chance POP Session
  Chance Pop Session
  , also known as Chance: Pop Session, is a 2001 anime produced by Madhouse studios. The series aired from May 21 to August 27, 2001 and ran for 13 episodes....
  
  - Reika
• Clannad - Kyou Fujibayashi
• The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
  The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
  is a manga by Sakura Kinoshita published from August 1999 to October 2004. A television anime based upon the manga series ran for 26 episodes from April 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 in Japan....
  
  - Freya
• Divergence Eve
  Divergence Eve
  is a thirteen episode Japanese anime series created by Takumi Tsukumo and directed by Hiroshi Negishi, with production by Operation EVE and animation production from RADIX....
  
  - Lyar Von Eritana
• Demon King Daimao - Fujiko Eto
• Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
  Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
  is an anime series based on the video game series by Capcom. It debuted on the WOWOW TV network in Japan on June 14, 2007 and ran 12 episodes.The show was produced by the anime studio Madhouse and was directed by Shin Itagaki...
  
  - Elena Devil
• E's Otherwise
  E's Otherwise
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and drawn by Satoru Yuiga. It was originally serialized in Monthly GFantasy from 1997 through 2005, and later published in 16 tankōbon volumes by Square Enix from March 18, 2003 to February 27, 2010...
  
  - Professor Chigaya, Sherry
• Eden of the East: Paradise Lost
  Eden of the East
  is a Japanese anime television series, which premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot on April 9, 2009. Created, directed and written by Kenji Kamiyama, it features character designs by Chika Umino and animation production by Production I.G...
  
  - Chigusa Iinuma
• Elfen Lied
  Elfen Lied
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio ARMS and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to October 2004. The anime was later licensed in North America on DVD by ADV Films...
  
  - Shirakawa
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos - Miranda
• Ghost Hound
  Ghost Hound
  is an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow, noted for being the creator of the Ghost in the Shell series. The original concept and design was first developed by Shirow in 1987...
  
  - Kei Yakushi
• Gilgamesh
  Gilgamesh (anime)
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in the Shōnen Gahōsha magazine Weekly Shōnen King from 1976 to 1978. A dark and apocalyptic anime series based on the original story was adapted by Group TAC in 2003...
  
  - Kiyoko
• Gravion
  Gravion
  is an anime television series produced by Gonzo. It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. In 2004, was released and aired from January 8 to March 25 in Japan, running for twelve additional episodes, answering the questions generated from the first...
  
  - Tesera
• Halo Legends
  Halo Legends
  Halo Legends is a collection of seven short anime films set in the Halo science-fiction universe. Financed by Halo franchise overseer 343 Industries, the stories were created by six Japanese production houses: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio 4°C, and Toei Animation...
  
  - Cortana, Dr. Catherine Halsey
• Highschool of the Dead
  Highschool of the Dead
  is a manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse...
  
  - Yuriko Takagi
• ICE
  ICE (anime)
  is a 2007 original video animation created by Yasushi Akimoto and directed by Makoto Kobayashi. It is set in the ruins of Tokyo in the near future, after an unspecified catastrophe has led to the death of all human males and many females. The small groups of women who survive face the impending...
  
  - Murasaki
• Jinki: Extend - Minami Kosaka
• Kiba
  Kiba
  Kiba can be:* A Japanese language word for fang* Kiba , fantasy anime series* Kiba Inuzuka, a character in the manga and anime series Naruto* Kiba, a fictional character in the anime series and manga, Wolf's Rain...
  
  - Sara
• Kurau: Phantom Memory - Kleine Zaksman
• Le Chevalier D'Eon
  Le Chevalier D'Eon
  is a 24-episode anime TV series produced by Production I.G based on an original story by Tow Ubukata. The anime originally aired in Japan on WOWOW from August 19, 2006 to February 2, 2007. The story has also been adapted into a manga series written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Kiriko Yumeji,...
  
  - Marquise de Pompadour
• Legends of the Dark King - Sakuya
• Loups=Garous
  Loups=Garous
  is a 2010 animated science fiction film. It was directed by Junichi Fujisaku and produced by Production I.G and TransArts. The movie was released on August 28, 2010. Features music by the rock band SCANDAL, who are also featured in the film as cameos...
  
  - Shizue Fuwa
• Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
  The Prince of Darkness (Nadesico)
  , or Prince of Darkness Nadesico, is a 1998 anime film written and directed by Tatsuo Sato, and it is a sequel to the series Martian Successor Nadesico. The story is a direct sequel to Nadesico: The Blank of Three Years, a video game for the Sega Saturn that takes place immediately after the manga...
  
  - Inez Frassange, Lapis Lazuii
• Master of Martial Hearts - Suzuko
• Noir
  Noir (anime)
  is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2001 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Noir, it was written by Ryoe Tsukimura, and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura...
  
  - Mireille Bouquet
• Nurse Witch Komugi
  Nurse Witch Komugi
  is an original video animation anime series co-produced by Tatsunoko Production and Kyoto Animation. The series lasted for five episodes ,all of which were released on DVD in North America by ADV Films...
  
  - Asuka Sakurai
• Orphen - Cleao
• Pani Poni Dash!
  Pani Poni Dash!
  , also known as through its anime adaptation , is a Japanese manga series that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways...
  
  - Miyuki Igarashi
• Prétear
  Prétear
  , also called Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White, is a manga series written by Junichi Sato and illustrated by Kaori Naruse. Spanning four volumes, the manga series was originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten from May 2000 through July 2001...
  
  - Mayune Awayuki
• Princess Nine
  Princess Nine
  Princess Nine, or , is a 26-episode Japanese anime broadcast in Japan in 1998. The television series was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in Japan, released by ADV Films in North America, aired from April 8 to October 14, 1998 on NHK, ran for 26 episodes, and six volumes of the series were...
  
  - Mao Daidoji
• Princess Resurrection
  Princess Resurrection
  is a supernatural, Horror, Comedy and Action manga by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga is serialized monthly in Monthly Shōnen Sirius magazine and published by Kodansha. An 26 episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007...
  
  - Hime
• Project Blue Earth SOS
  Project Blue Earth SOS
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  - Dr. Anderson
• Red Garden
  Red Garden
  is a Japanese animated television program produced by Gonzo studios and broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi since October 3, 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City...
  
  - Lula
• Rosario+Vampire - Ririko Kagome
• Rune Soldier
  Rune Soldier
  is an anime and manga series based on the original novel series by Ryo Mizuno, which features soldier Louie as the hero. The series takes place on the continent of Alecrast on the world called Forcelia, and is related to the novel, anime, and manga series Sword World...
  
  - Melissa
• Samurai Girls - Matabei Goto
• Samurai Gun
  Samurai Gun
  is a manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Kumagai and serialized in Weekly Young Jump. It was adapted into a 13-episode anime series directed by Hideki Sonoda. The anime is licensed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany by ADV Films, which co-financed the series'...
  
  - Ohana
• Saiyuki - Yaone
• Sekirei
  Sekirei
  is a Japanese manga series by Sakurako Gokurakuin. The manga began serialization in the seinen magazine Young Gangan published by Square Enix in December 2004 and the first tankōbon was released on June 25, 2005, with ten volumes available in Japan as of June 25, 2010...
  
  - Takami Sahashi
• Sin: The Movie - Jennifer "JC" Armack
• Sister Princess
  Sister Princess
  is a popular Japanese seinen series written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized light novel series in 1999. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for the Sony PlayStation were released. Sequels to the game were released for the PlayStation and Game Boy...
  
  - Chikage
• Steel Angel Kurumi
  Steel Angel Kurumi
  is a manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. Directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yuji Ikeda and music by Toshihiko Sahashi, it has been...
  
  - Dr. Reiko Amagi
• Summer Wars
  Summer Wars
  is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction romance film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animated by Madhouse and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and Ayumu Saitō...
  
  - Mariko Jinnouchi
• Super Milk-Chan - Helen The Mother Ant; Herself (Live-Action Footage)
• The World God Only Knows - Mari Katsuragi
• This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
  This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
  is an anime television series created by Shouji Saeki and Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was co-produced by the Gainax and Shaft animation studios.The series aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 1, 2004 to June 16, 2004, totaling 12 episodes...
  
  - Dr. Jennifer Portman
• Those Who Hunt Elves
  Those Who Hunt Elves
  is a manga series and an anime television series by Yu Yagami, released in North America on VHS and DVD by ADV Films. The plot revolves around three travellers, the eponymous "Elf Hunters", and the elven sorceress Mistress Celcia.-Plot:...
  
  - Celsia Maria Claire
• Utawarerumono
  Utawarerumono
  is a Japanese adult AVG+SLG visual novel by Leaf which was released on April 26, 2002 for the PC. A manga version was created in 2005 and was first serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine. An anime adaptation aired between April and September 2006, containing twenty-six episodes...
  
  - Karula
• Xam'd: Lost Memories
  Xam'd: Lost Memories
  Xam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...
  
  - Ishu Benikawa

Live-Action Film roles

• Esther's Diary - Maria Patterson
• Forgivness - Maria
• Garrison - Karen Taylor
• Memphis Beat
  Memphis Beat
  Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.-Overview:...
  
  - Principal Goodman
• Playing House
  Playing House (2010 film)
  Playing House is a 2010 direct-to-video thriller film directed by Tom Vaughan starring Shelley Calene-Black, Alex Dorman and Mari E. Ferguson in lead roles.-Plot:...
  
  - Sharon

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