Voice actress Erica Lindbeck has replaced Kristy Wu as the voice of Windblade for Transformers: Robots In Disguise. The replacement will take place on the 3rd Season of the series (titled as Combiner Force).
Though the character is missing from the Opening Sequence, it seems as though she will appear in some capacity in future episodes.
Ms. Lindbeck is best known for her voice as Barbie in the current generation. She is also famous for her voice work on English-dubbed Anime (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
Erica Lindbeck took to Twitter to make the happy announcement:
“THRILLED to be voicing Windblade in #Transformers : RID Combiner Force , airing Saturday mornings on @cartoonnetwork”
We wish the actress best of luck. You can check out a sample of her voice, after the jump.
SeanTF1967
Twitter
Well the reason she was recast was because Kristy Wu was not available at the time.
Bakuformer00
Let\'s not forget she\'s Eli from Love Live which is pretty cool.
primalxconvoy
Ahh, but can she say \"Hai, I\'m Windblade\"?
AlexaStar
At least she's back. Fuck, I hate that she left at the end of season 2.
weevil
What Happening to Kristy Wu. I guess Her VA was unable to make it back for recording like Zhang Liao VA dub was Replaced By Liu Bei VA dub in DW8XL.
Tigressa101
I have no problem with the voice actor being on Transformers RID, I just don\'t want the character back because she\'s not like her comic counterpart and she just has a destiny\'s child attitude I absolutely hate.
weevil
So Windblade JP Voiced by Hitomi Nabatabe.
Here's Windblade voice compilations.
and also, Symmetra JP voices.
jackgaughan
Why did you attached random pictures to this post?
fishpop
She played Azee (The white haired female Mobile Suit pilot) in Iron Blooded Orphans.
Gallade
If they did, I wouldn't even care about the switch. Just give me Jazz.
Lovecraft
i\'m sure she\'ll do just fine. she seems competent and professional.
but damn it bothers the shit out of me that they\'re just replacing the voice of an established recurring (previously main) character. I hope she at least tries to sound alike.
sheesh dude Decepticons like Springload and Quillfire (no disrespect to their characters) who only show up once or twice a season still show up with the same VA as always. Windblade has appeared a whole lot more so that change is gonna be a whole lot more jarring.
I hope that they at least offer an explanation for the switch at a panel or over Twitter.
jackgaughan
I'm really glad they got Futabas VA, she's good. Also very glad to see the always funny and smart "Marysueblade" comment, always a joy to see that hilarious and funny and smart and cool and funny and cool chestnut.
QLRformer
Welcome to Transformers, Miss Lindbeck!
jamarmiller
really glad to see her back, I like her. Wish they would bring JAZZ back though too
TCJJ
Ugh, can we please not have Marysueblade back? Worst character of the show by far.
AirjitzuRonin
It could work. I wonder why Kristy left but I can't wait to see how Erika does.
FigureGunplaFan
HOROSHO!
Purple Heart
ITS UZUMES TURN!!!
She's sure to finish this stylishly!
Behold your new Windblade and fall into a spiral dream!
Also hey Magilou.