Masako Nozawa was the original voice of Kitaro, then she got replaced and now she is back but she does another character?!
Why?
GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
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DragonBallFoodie
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
Maybe they just tried different voices for Kitaro.
In any case, she's become way more iconic as Goku and his sons/dad.
In any case, she's become way more iconic as Goku and his sons/dad.
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
I guess because DBS isn't over they want to protect Nozawa and have her voice a minor character instead.TheRed259 wrote:Masako Nozawa was the original voice of Kitaro, then she got replaced and now she is back but she does another character?!
Why?
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
Well, besides being in her 80's she's probably already got too much on her plate so in the event something tragic happens, Kitarou won't have a VA replacement as the series is airing so it makes sense that Masako isn't voicing him. I hope she'll be around for another 20 years or more (humans normally don't live longer than 90~100 years though).TheRed259 wrote:Masako Nozawa was the original voice of Kitaro, then she got replaced and now she is back but she does another character?!
Why?
I wish I'd someday take a photo with Masako because it's something I too wanted to have done with Johnny Cash and never did (he perished when I was a teen and only became a fan later on), as to the likely chance of that happening.. No clue but I do intend on going on vacay to Japan this year.
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
There've been multiple iterations of Kitaro where Nozawa didn't voice him, so it's not without precedent.
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
Precisely so. Kitarou 2007 was voiced by Takayama.Chuquita wrote:There've been multiple iterations of Kitaro where Nozawa didn't voice him, so it's not without precedent.
I'm a bit surprised folks in the West don't really seem to know too much about Kitarou and were pissed Kitarou is replacing Dragon Ball Super. I personally don't know much about it either but I do love the opening of Kitarou 2007 and its soundtrack overall.
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Re: GeGeGe no Kitaro and Masako Nozawa
I haven't watched much of Kitaro, but I did look stuff up when I found out it was replacing dbs. It does look like the grandfather of a lot of supernatural type anime series.SuperCyan2 wrote:Precisely so. Kitarou 2007 was voiced by Takayama.Chuquita wrote:There've been multiple iterations of Kitaro where Nozawa didn't voice him, so it's not without precedent.
I'm a bit surprised folks in the West don't really seem to know too much about Kitarou and were pissed Kitarou is replacing Dragon Ball Super. I personally don't know much about it either but I do love the opening of Kitarou 2007 and its soundtrack overall.
The ToP tired me out a bit so I wasn't as sad to see Super go, but I do miss it. I don't blame Kitaro and I think Super needed the hiatus anyway. I hope when they return it goes back to seasonal arcs. A year long arc was too long on one story for me.