Mercurial Morpheus Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 Thought this merited mention. Yack, Deculture... http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-...awa-passes-away Quote
Mr March Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Yeah, someone posted this in another thread. Sad news. RIP Osamu Ichikawa. Quote
big F Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Shame I guess he'll never be able to reprise his role as another Lord Boddole Zer clone. Quote
taksraven Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 A great pity, fantastic talent. Is he only the second voice actor from the original SDF:M series that has passed away that we know of? Taksraven Quote
JB0 Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 A great pity, fantastic talent. Is he only the second voice actor from the original SDF:M series that has passed away that we know of? Taksraven 4th. Him, Britai, Hikaru, and Kaifun. Quote
taksraven Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) 4th. Him, Britai, Hikaru, and Kaifun. Oh no, its worse than I thought. I knew that Hikaru's voice actor was dead but was unaware of the others. Taksraven Edited January 11, 2009 by taksraven Quote
JB0 Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Oh no, its worse than I thought. I knew that Hikaru's voice actor was dead but was unaware of the others. Taksraven Britai's VA was the first. Seems he died in 1985. And Kaifun's VA was all over the internet, but not as Kaifun's VA. His "big" role was Gundam's Noah Bright. Quote
Keith Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) 5th, (while not original Macross) the actress who played Gepelnitch & Sayla in Gundam died before Kaifun. Edited January 13, 2009 by Keith Quote
JB0 Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) 5th, (while not original Macross) the actress who played Gepelnitch & Sayla in Gundam died before Kaifun. Then he's still the 4th. "Is he only the second voice actor from the original SDF:M series... " Not that Gepelnitch's death doesn't matter, but... it doesn't count. And I now know what all 5 dead Macross VAs died of(if Wikipedia can be trusted for Eiji Kanie/Britai). ... Okay, I'm falling into creepy stalker fan territory now. I scare me. Edited January 13, 2009 by JB0 Quote
Hikuro Posted January 13, 2009 Posted January 13, 2009 Yeah Eiji Kanie died shortly after DYRL. And if I remember right, 2 of the Macross related actors/actresses died of Cancer but were still of rather old age. Quote
JB0 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Yeah Eiji Kanie died shortly after DYRL. And if I remember right, 2 of the Macross related actors/actresses died of Cancer but were still of rather old age. Kaifun and Gepelnitch. Lung cancer in both cases. Quote
todd77 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Kaifun and Gepelnitch. Lung cancer in both cases. I will always remember Gepelnitch's actress, You Inoue, for her role as Kanuka "shut up!!" Clancy in the Patlabor series. Quote
Gubaba Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 I will always remember Gepelnitch's actress, You Inoue, for her role as Kanuka "shut up!!" Clancy in the Patlabor series. Really? I think of her first and foremost as Sayla (and Haro!) from Gundam...but then, I found out about her death from Gundam Ace, so I suppose that's to be expected. Quote
todd77 Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Really? I think of her first and foremost as Sayla (and Haro!) from Gundam...but then, I found out about her death from Gundam Ace, so I suppose that's to be expected. Well, I was exposed to Patlabor a whole lot earlier than Gundam but it was a welcome surprise for me to hear that familiar voice when I first watched the original Gundam series. Edited January 14, 2009 by todd77 Quote
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