New Overwatch actor addresses the "elephant in the room," says she had to "mourn" her character's redesign: "Let's keep rooting for the version of her that could be"

Screenshot of Overwatch's Anran hero, a woman dressed in orange holding a flaming fan, smirking into the camera.

Anran is a new fire-bending hero joining Overwatch next week as part of one of the game's biggest ever updates, but a big chunk of the discourse around her has been centred on her redesigned, more 'conventional' face. Anran's voice actor Fareeha Anderson has now chimed in on the debate, saying she too had to "mourn" what could've been.

For context, Anran's in-game model isn't the first we've seen of the new damage hero. She previously appeared in a comic and a cinematic trailer - alongside her water-bending brother, the support class Wuyang, who's already in the game - with a slightly different look and sharper facial features. You can see a clearer side-by-side in the post embedded below.