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Iemasa Kayumi (James Black) Passed Away
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Iemasa Kayumi (James Black) Passed Away
In case you guys haven't heard the news, Iemasa Kayumi, the voice actor for James Black, passed away on September 30, 2014. 
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-08/voice-actor-iemasa-kayumi-passes-away/.79678
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-08/voice-actor-iemasa-kayumi-passes-away/.79678
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Again? Isn't this like 3 voices in one year or something?
I was just thinking when watching the latest movie "I am glad the voice actor is still around" too.
I was just thinking when watching the latest movie "I am glad the voice actor is still around" too.
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Yeah I heard about it earlier and announced it on IRC 
It's really a shame
It's really a shame
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Yep...kkslider5552000 wrote:Again? Isn't this like 3 voices in one year or something?
I was just thinking when watching the latest movie "I am glad the voice actor is still around" too.
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NO! I am going to miss him! 
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You forgot Koji Yada. He voiced Jii-chan in the Magic Kaito specials.Wakarimashita wrote:Yep...kkslider5552000 wrote:Again? Isn't this like 3 voices in one year or something?
I was just thinking when watching the latest movie "I am glad the voice actor is still around" too.James Black, Superintendent Matsumoto and Jirokichi Suzuki.
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After all this series has its own years too...
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My dad’s a soldier blue I’ll be a soldier, too
When I grow older you will see me rescue you
I’ll teach you this old song so you can sing along
When I am dead and gone the day won’t be so long.
When I grow older you will see me rescue you
I’ll teach you this old song so you can sing along
When I am dead and gone the day won’t be so long.
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RIP
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It will be interesting however to see what'll happen to the voices of other characters. They have to be replaced someday, otherwise characters like Ran will sound like middle-aged women someday. I wish DC wouldn't be an eternal series.
It will be interesting however to see what'll happen to the voices of other characters. They have to be replaced someday, otherwise characters like Ran will sound like middle-aged women someday. I wish DC wouldn't be an eternal series.
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When do VA's start sounding middle aged? I mean afaik all the VA's in Conan are 40+Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko wrote:RIP.
It will be interesting however to see what'll happen to the voices of other characters. They have to be replaced someday, otherwise characters like Ran will sound like middle-aged women someday. I wish DC wouldn't be an eternal series.
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Conan is currently voiced by a 50 year old woman.Jecka wrote:When do VA's start sounding middle aged? I mean afaik all the VA's in Conan are 40+Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko wrote:RIP.
It will be interesting however to see what'll happen to the voices of other characters. They have to be replaced someday, otherwise characters like Ran will sound like middle-aged women someday. I wish DC wouldn't be an eternal series.
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And Kappei is 49, and here he is still voicing teenagerskkslider5552000 wrote:Conan is currently voiced by a 50 year old woman.Jecka wrote:When do VA's start sounding middle aged? I mean afaik all the VA's in Conan are 40+Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko wrote:RIP.
It will be interesting however to see what'll happen to the voices of other characters. They have to be replaced someday, otherwise characters like Ran will sound like middle-aged women someday. I wish DC wouldn't be an eternal series.
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Most of the main cast VAs are in their 40s or early 50s at most. Only Kenichi Ogata, Agasa's seiyû, is getting quite old since he's 72.
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Well, that sucks. That's what happens when you have a series going for 20 years.
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Kogorou - A character study that seeks to answer the question: Why is Kogorou the way he is?
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