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Tiffany Vollmer is an American voice actress best known for voicing Bulma in the FUNimation dub of the Dragon Ball franchise.

Biography

Career

Vollmer was cast as Bulma in 1999 for FUNimation's third season of Dragon Ball Z. Vollmer was part of the cast that replaced the heavily edited dubbing by the Ocean Group of DBZ's first two seasons. She has since gone on to voice Bulma for the rest of FUNimation's dubbing of the Dragon Ball franchise, including the original Dragon Ball series, and the uncut versions of DBZ's first two seasons.^[1]

While Vollmer's body of work is small compared to most English VAs, with Bulma being the only major character she's voiced so far, the number of episodes Vollmer voices Bulma in is extensive, since Bulma is a prominent character in the entire run of both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.^[2] Vollmer is one of only two VAs from the FUNimation dub to voice a prominent character in the entire run of both series while being the only VA for that character (the other VA is Christopher Sabat voicing Yamcha).^{[citation needed]}

Vollmer also voiced Bulma in Dragon Ball GT (where Bulma's role, like that of most prior characters in the DB franchise, is greatly reduced), 2 DB movies, 5 DBZ movies, and 7 DBZ video games.^[1]

With FUNimation's dubbing of the Dragon Ball franchise now largely over, Vollmer has since worked on a couple of live action films, both in front of and behind the camera. She was the associate producer of the half hour short, Placebo (2006) (co-starring three of her fellow FUNimation VAs Laura Bailey, Meredith McCoy, and Mike McFarland).^[3] She also worked on the 2008 film Ciao, as actress, key makeup artist, and head of wardrobe.^[1]

Filmography

Voice roles (as Bulma)

Television

Film

Video games

Other appearances

Anime

Manager in Yu Yu Hakusho (1 episode)
Betsy in Case Closed (2 episodes)

Live action

Placebo (2006) (associate producer only)
Doctor in Ciao (2008) (also key makeup artist and wardrobe)

Interviews

Invasion Anime (2002)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3: Behind the Screams (2004)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c IMDb credits, Tiffany Vollmer
^ Comparing Bulma and Yamcha with the other characters who appear in both series: Goku and Krillin are also prominent in the entire run of both series, but in the FUNimation dub, each is voiced by more than one VA since their characters age from pre-pubescent children to adults. Master Roshi, Oolong, Puar, and Launch are prominent in DB, but are noticeably less prominent in DBZ than Bulma and Yamcha. Piccolo, Tien, and Chiaotzu are also prominent in both series, but they don't debut in DB until that series is more than halfway over. Chichi is in only a small handfull of the early episodes of DB and doesn't appear again in that series until the final saga. The remaining characters who appear in both series could be described as guest stars, appearing infrequently in both shows in roles of varying importance.
^ Credits for Placebo in The Internet Movie Database.

External links

[tiffany-1] IMDb credits, Tiffany Vollmer

[2] Comparing Bulma and Yamcha with the other characters who appear in both series: Goku and Krillin are also prominent in the entire run of both series, but in the FUNimation dub, each is voiced by more than one VA since their characters age from pre-pubescent children to adults. Master Roshi, Oolong, Puar, and Launch are prominent in DB, but are noticeably less prominent in DBZ than Bulma and Yamcha. Piccolo, Tien, and Chiaotzu are also prominent in both series, but they don't debut in DB until that series is more than halfway over. Chichi is in only a small handfull of the early episodes of DB and doesn't appear again in that series until the final saga. The remaining characters who appear in both series could be described as guest stars, appearing infrequently in both shows in roles of varying importance.

[3] Credits for Placebo in The Internet Movie Database.

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 Vollmer was cast as Bulma in [[1999 in television|1999]] for FUNimation's third season of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''. Vollmer was part of the cast that replaced the heavily edited [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] by the [[Ocean Group]] of ''DBZ's'' first two seasons. She has since gone on to voice Bulma for the rest of FUNimation's dubbing of the Dragon Ball franchise, including the original ''[[Dragon Ball anime|Dragon Ball]]'' series, and the uncut versions of ''DBZ's'' first two seasons.<ref name=tiffany>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0901624/ IMDb credits, Tiffany Vollmer]</ref>
-While Vollmer's body of work is small compared to most English VAs, with Bulma being the only major character she's voiced so far, the number of episodes Vollmer voices Bulma in is extensive, since Bulma is a prominent character in the entire run of both ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z''.<ref>Comparing Bulma and Yamcha with the other characters who appear in both series: [[Goku]] and [[Krillin]] are also prominent in the entire run of both series, but in the FUNimation dub, each is voiced by more than one VA since their characters age from pre-pubescent children to adults. [[Master Roshi]], [[Oolong (Dragon Ball)|Oolong]], [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Pu-erh|Pu-erh]], and [[Lunch (Dragon Ball)|Launch]] are prominent in DB, but are noticeably less prominent in DBZ than Bulma and Yamcha. [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]], [[Tenshinhan|Tien]], and [[Chiaotzu]] are also prominent in both series, but they don't debut in DB until that series is more than halfway over. [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Chichi|Chichi]] is in only a small handfull of the early episodes of DB and doesn't appear again in that series until the final saga. The remaining characters who appear in both series could be described as [[guest stars]], appearing infrequently in both shows in roles of varying importance.</ref> Vollmer is one of only two VAs from the FUNimation dub to voice a prominent character in the entire run of both series while being the only VA for that character (the other VA is [[Christopher Sabat]] voicing [[Yamcha]]).{{Fact|date=November 2007}}
+While Vollmer's body of work is small compared to most English VAs, with Bulma being the only major character she's voiced so far, the number of episodes Vollmer voices Bulma in is extensive, since Bulma is a prominent character in the entire run of both ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z''.<ref>Comparing Bulma and Yamcha with the other characters who appear in both series: [[Goku]] and [[Krillin]] are also prominent in the entire run of both series, but in the FUNimation dub, each is voiced by more than one VA since their characters age from pre-pubescent children to adults. [[Master Roshi]], [[Oolong (Dragon Ball)|Oolong]], [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Pu-erh|Puar]], and [[Lunch (Dragon Ball)|Launch]] are prominent in DB, but are noticeably less prominent in DBZ than Bulma and Yamcha. [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]], [[Tenshinhan|Tien]], and [[Chiaotzu]] are also prominent in both series, but they don't debut in DB until that series is more than halfway over. [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Chichi|Chichi]] is in only a small handfull of the early episodes of DB and doesn't appear again in that series until the final saga. The remaining characters who appear in both series could be described as [[guest stars]], appearing infrequently in both shows in roles of varying importance.</ref> Vollmer is one of only two VAs from the FUNimation dub to voice a prominent character in the entire run of both series while being the only VA for that character (the other VA is [[Christopher Sabat]] voicing [[Yamcha]]).{{Fact|date=November 2007}}
 Vollmer also voiced Bulma in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' (where Bulma's role, like that of most prior characters in the ''DB'' franchise, is greatly reduced), 2 ''DB'' movies, 5 ''DBZ'' movies, and 7 ''DBZ'' video games.<ref name=tiffany />