Talk:Apollo Smile

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Has she quit?

Don't know, what I do know is that she isn't Japanese, I don't remmeber her nationality but, why was the category moved to japanese voice actors?

She was moved to Japanese voice actors probably because she did the voices for several Japanese Anime--12.227.182.149 10:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Since she's a dub VA, I changed the category...Ranma9617

And since when was she popular with anime fandom? I seem to remember that she was regarded as a self-important, self-promoting, attention whore. "Infamous" would be a better term. Izuko 12:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, in anime fandom, people either really liked her or really hated her (I'm in the former category, but then again, I've been a fan of hers from even before she did the anime girl schtick). The views were about half and half.  Yes she is basically a celebrity who also happens to be an anime fangirl, she just had more connections and pull to live a life that, face it, many fangirls would like to live. -EmiOfBrie 23:54, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd hardly say the views were half and half. Maybe she did better with those who knew her before she appointed herself, but with most of the people I knew, she didn't exactly win many friends.Izuko 00:13, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I was a fan of hers back in the day when I was still an anime-head. I really never found or read about anyone who disliked her. Maybe I just wasn't looking in the right places. Everyone who met her really liked her. It's too bad she's gone... I'm interested in knowing what she's been up to. 12.155.207.2 16:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)Drew D.
 * Oh man, you must not have hit the forums on the Sci-Fi channel when she hosted the anime marathon. It was full of people who just couldn't stand her. Now I'm not judging her on her personality off screen, but what I saw of her was pretty annoying. I think she would have done much better if she hadn't proclaimed herself the "live action anime girl". I'm not going to blame her for how SF touted her as THE voice actress/singer/whatever girl of the anime world, but I think that had a big impact on how people treated her in the forums. I remember that a lot of people were angry that they chose her over several others in the VA world because there were some that were more prolific & had more of a stage presence. Then there were also others who wanted SF to put some of the Japanese VA on in her place. I agree with Izuko in that she's more infamous that famous- a good 80% of the people I knew mostly thought she was a bubbleheaded AW. (Not that the term existed back then, but the people sure did!)  Tokyogirl79 (talk) 19:37, 15 December 2008 (UTC)Tokyogirl79

Hey, Izuko. Why the bitterness? It was the fans that dubbed her "the live action anime girl", she had a following/fanbase. Apollo wasn't a self-proclaimed anime action performer, was she? Anyways, Wikipedia's about the facts, Apollo is a trained dancer, actress, stunt woman, and singer. She has worked for Sega, Geffen Records, and Central Park Media. Her song "Thunderbox" was in Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise. She even did some Stunt work for Monk, The Power Rangers, and Britney Murphy in Uptown Girls. There is proof to back that up. And, from what I know, she does watch anime, read manga, and Star Wars. You can't say someone shouldn't be here because you don't like him or her. In fact, I feel sorry for women like Ayumi Hamasaki, Apollo Smile, Britney Spears, etc. Some people hate her for no reason (or at least for a shallow one) which is sad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.93.2 (talk) 06:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

date of birth
From the article:
 * born Paula Apollo Anne Scharf on February 16, 1970

from IMDB:
 * Date of birth (location)
 * 16 February 1967

So, what is it then? Cite?

recent years
From the article:
 * Apollo Smile has seemingly moved away from the "anime girl" role she created for herself, seeking small but more conventional film and television roles

from IMDB there is a list of TV episodes and video games only. Not much evidence of films there. Nothing since 2004 either.

--14:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

name change
This entry says she legally changed her name. Why is her birth name reflected as her legal name in the opening paragraph? Did she change it back?Aresef (talk) 18:07, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

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