The poll for HARUHI is up

Voice number 1 is Kari Wahlgren. I think I'm gonna vote for her. I know her best as Haruko from FLCL, and I can totally see her voice coming out of Haruhi. This reading was also pretty good, but she kinda makes Haruhi sound a bit too cutesy. She does sound energetic and cocky though, and I love that. She also kinda sounds like Aya Hirano in my opinion.

Number 2 is Kate Higgens, who's playing Sakura in Naruto. I don't care for her voice too much.

Number 3 is Michelle Ruff again. Hers is the deepest voice, and probably would be my 2nd or 3rd choice if I didn't like Kari Wahlgren so much. I say that because anime girls never sound their age at all, and I think Ruff has the most "high school" sounding voice. This was the reason I didn't like any of the Mikuru voices as well. Ruff also sounds pretty energetic.

Number 4 I can't place. But I like her for the same reason I liked Ruff's performance. I didn't pick her though because she sounds kinda bored in this reading.

Number 5 made me laugh because I didn't see it coming at all. Wendee Lee is a really good actress, but I think she needs to stick to playing adult women instead of little boys and teenage girls. Her Haruhi is energetic, but she's got that "helium voice" that really bugs me.

So...yeah. Number 1 it is.

Edit: and it looks like everyone else picked number 1 as well.