Since the debut, it's been widely recognized that Inuyasha and Kagome were destined to be together. This was realized in the conclusion of Inuyasha: The Final Act, where Inuyasha and Kagome were set to start a life together. This narrative seamlessly continued in the sequel anime, Yashahime: Princess Half Demon, introducing the beloved couple and their child, Moroha – a three-quarter human, quarter demon hybrid.

Game Rant had the chance to chat with Morgan Berry, the English dub voice of Moroha, to uncover the individual behind the voice. Morgan also lends her voice to other iconic characters such as Thirteen in My Hero Academia, Yoshiko Tsushima in Love Live! Sunshine!!, and Rindo Kobayashi in Food Wars.

The following interview has been slightly edited for brevity.

Q: How did you get started in voice acting, particularly for anime?

Berry: Everyone has their own journey, and mine began with a competition. I had a background in theater, did a lot of on-stage acting, a little bit of on-camera, and then I stumbled across a voiceover competition at a convention… which was run by Todd Haberkorn (Koza and Siam from One Piece). I was actually in the process of leaving my other job. I had been a longtime anime fan and just cartoons in general, and video games and all that. But it never really occurred to me that that was something I could do as an actor, and it just never clicked. Because when you think of acting, you think of on-camera a lot of the time, or at least I did. I won. And that was pretty neat. I was like, "Wow. Me? You sure."

Q: What was the prize for winning that?

Berry: The prize was an audition with Funimation. But the thing is, it wasn't like it didn't guarantee anything. The prize was just an audition. But I guess they saw I still had potential. And so they kept sending auditions, and eventually, I got cast in my first lead role as Tokaku Azuma in Riddle Story of Devil. That was my first lead, and my first-ever anime, in general, was just additional voices, some background stuff in Fairy Tail, which I love. Fairy Tail is one of my favorites. From there, I kept auditioning and eventually [I booked] some video game roles here and there. And I'm really grateful it worked out, because I don't know what I would be doing without that.

Q: How do you feel like your theater skills translate to voice acting?

Berry: Honestly, it is very different. The atmosphere when you're on stage and when you're on a set, you have the lights, you have the cameras... And with voiceover, a lot of the time you don't get that. Now with anime, we at least get to preview a few of the loops before we dub them. So we do get to feel the depth of a scene. With video games, we don't always get the visuals.

Q: Do you like voice acting for anime or video games better?

Berry: In video games, there's more freedom to adlib. You can't really color outside the lines with anime because you have to match the animated mouth flaps, and the writers have to adapt the script to match the animated mouth flaps. So it all comes down to the writing and how the engineer can stretch audio; they can shrink audio, but there's only so much they can do because if they do it too much, there's artifacting.

Q: One of the things that I often hear as an anime watcher is people complaining about the dub not exactly matching the sub. So is that one of the reasons?

Berry: That could be possible because, for the most part, I know most scriptwriters want to stay true to the original intent of the message. But sometimes we do have to make changes to make it fit the flaps better, in which case the director will have to make those decisions.

Q: Sub or dub?

Berry: I like dubs a lot because that's what I grew up with. Now, every once in a while, we've all got preferences, you know, we've all got our opinions, right? I'll come across a dub that I'm not a fan of, you know, and in that case, I'll switch to sub. But that doesn't happen too often because I do feel like there are a lot of good dubs out there. So, most of the time, I watch dubs.

Q: Do you have a favorite anime?

Berry: There's a few. I love Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Gosh, I love Greed. He's just one of my favorite characters, but also Pride. Like, because here's the thing, I grew up watching Fullmetal Alchemist, just the original series that was not based on the manga. And then I watched Brotherhood and the plot twists. I didn't see those coming. Brotherhood has the coolest villains, and that's one of my favorites. But, also, Code Geass. I love Johnny, he did such a great job in that. Johnny Yong Bosch...love him as a person, as an actor. And I'm blessed to be able to be in the same industry as him. And we've done music together, as well. He's just an all-around great guy.

Q: Speaking of your music, how would you categorize the genre of music that you make?

Berry: Pop rock. [But] I feel like I shift back and forth a bit here and there.

Q: Do you have a favorite opening and ending?

Berry: There are two that come to mind right off the bat. "Period" by Chemistry, which was one of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood opening songs. And then there's "Unravel" from Tokyo Ghoul.

Q: So out of all of the characters that you've voiced, do you have a favorite or one that resonates with you?

Berry: I feel like the character I had the most fun with was Moroha from Yashahime. Inuyasha is a massive franchise. It's iconic, and to be a part of that, I'm honored and I love Moroha's character. She was kind of like the comedic relief But I really do enjoy comedy. I like being able to make weird noises when a character trips and falls on their face. It's a lot of fun, and I feel like out of all the shows, that one I had the most fun, but there are some deep moments as well. As far as characters, I feel like I relate to [Kase-san from] Kase-san and Morning Glories. Out of all the roles I've ever recorded, I feel that it was really me. It was like it was telling my story. And it was a pretty cool, surreal moment to be recording for a show when you're like, "Wow, this is basically very closely related to my current life and my current predicament." That was magical.

Q: What do you think about anime getting becoming more mainstream? How do you see it going in the future?

Berry: I honestly really like that it's become more mainstream, although a part of me maybe I'm a little petty, maybe I'm a little spicy, because I remember back in the day in middle school and high school, we were made fun of for liking anime, for reading fanfiction and whatnot. If anyone knew, you'd be labeled as a nerd, and people would talk behind your back and make fun of you. But overall, though, I'm able to brush that off because I'm just glad that people are finding joy in something that I find joy in, too. Anime was an escape from just the harshness of reality, and I'm really grateful to be a part of this industry. When I was a kid, I never would have dreamed of having a cool job like this.

Q: Do you have any advice for anybody that would maybe want to get into voice acting in anime?

Berry: So acting is acting, voice acting is acting, so [its] important to…try your hand out on stage, on camera, take some acting classes to train in the arts. Now, you don't need a degree. But training in the arts can definitely help. I know I would not have won that competition in the first place if it wasn't for my experience as an actor already. But, it's not just abilities, it's not just talent. Sometimes it's the right place, right time, luck, connections. But acting training is definitely number one. But, we're independent contractors. So definitely check your motivation. And of course, [get some] recording equipment because most of what we do is…auditions, we usually record that from home and send it through email. So, we need at least a laptop and a decent home recording studio. But yeah, that's my three-step plan - Check your motivation, acting training, and recording equipment.

Morgan Berry’s latest project is Lycoris Recoil as Fuki Harukawa, which is currently streaming on Adult Swim’s Toonami and Prime Video.