Apollo Smile

"Apollo Smile"

Apollo Smile, billed as the "Live Action Anime Girl," frequented sci-fi conventions throughout the 1990s. During these conventions she would often sing upbeat songs from her own original albums and give martial arts demonstrations. In the summer of 1998, Apollo hosted Anime Week on the Sci-Fi Channel's, Syfy, "Summer Movie Blast" which featured movies that regularly appeared on Saturday Anime like "Galaxy Express 999" and "Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer". All that aside, Apollo Smile was also a successful singer/songwriter whose song "Thunderbox" is featured on the soundtrack of the 1990 film "Days of Thunder" starring Tom Cruise!

"Anime Week Summer 1998"

If you thought that Apollo Smile didn't have enough talents, she is also a voice actress whose primary roles include strong female characters in English anime dubs. Here's a list of her roles:

• "Coco Hearts" in Wild Cardz (OVA)

• "Karin Son" in Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie (OVA)

• "Tracy" in Battle Arena Toshinden (OVA)

• "Nova" in Megas XLR

• "Ulala" in Space Channel 5

At the present date, Apollo Smile, real name Paula Apollo Anne Scharf, is no longer in the anime scene and is now among the staff of a prominent dancing school. Throughout her career, Apollo Smile has left an indelible impression on the fans of anime and the industry itself. Saturday Anime 2 salutes you and wishes you well!

As a special gift to Apollo Smile fans, I am offering a free wallpaper for your desktop computer featuring her best moments! Click on the photo to see the full size image and right click. Choose "Save Image As" on the menu to download this wallpaper to your computer.