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The Facebook post above is from his wife Maria Mponikou.
Manos Venieris had also voiced Yamcha, Master Roshi and many other characters from DB and DBZ. He participated in all DB episodes and in the first 65 episodes of DBZ.
Its a scary though to think one could lose any actor that played Goku in any dub. RIP Manos.
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Lord Beerus wrote:
Gog wrote:The cell saga/android saga is the worst thing Akira Toriyama ever made. And nothing has ever actually managed to come close to it, after it. Even the terrible asspulls in the FT saga, weren't as bad as that. But of course this is all my opinion.
You've just made a new best friend.
Marz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:27 pm
"Well, the chapter was good, the story was good and so were the fights. But a new transformation, in Dragon Ball? And one that's ugly? This is where we draw the line!!! Jump the Shark moment!!"
This forum is so over-dramatic that it's not even funny.
90sDBZ wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:44 pm19 years ago I was rushing home from school to watch DBZ on Cartoon Network, and today I've rushed home from work to watch DBS on Pop. I guess it's true the more things change the more they stay the same.
I forgot to mention that the Facebook post above is from his wife Maria Mponikou who was the voice of Kid Krillin in DB. She appeared in some DBZ episodes as well.
"Don't take pleasure in destruction!" / "I will not let you destroy my world!"
A true hero goes beyond not the limits of power, but the limits that divide countries and people.
Damn that really sucks to hear, I remember how crushed I was when Maddie Blaustein died as i'd grown up with her voice for almost a decade by that point, so it was like losing a part of my childhood.
"Why run away from something you're not afraid of?" - Goku
We've lost a couple of Dragon Ball voice veterans over in the Cantonese dub side of things. Voice actress who played Goku in the first Cantonese dub of Dragon Ball passed away in Toronto. And most notably, veteran actor Tam Ping-Man died from cancer. Not sure who he played but he was listed as 宇宙大王. Think it was a character from Dr. Slump. He also voiced Dr. Cochin in the tvb redub of the old dbz movies.
So sorry to hear. My heart goes out to his family, friends and of course, all the people who listened to his voice work over the years. That's fantastic how both he and his wife Maria voiced characters for Dragon Ball
