Unshô Ishizuka as Mr. Satan...

[JulieYBM]

...well, the first samples of Ishizuka's Mr. Satan have surface. Ishizuka's very reminiscent of Daisuke Gôri. I'm hoping he is cast for Dragon Ball Kai, because I think he'll be the best guy for the job. He can play the tough and grandiose Mr. Satan and seems to be able to capture the comedic relief well enough.

Thoughts, anyone?

[Gaffer Tape]

Hmm. His whiny parts sound a bit forced, but overall he sounds like he'd work. Sure. Bring him on for Kai.

[penguintruth]

He's nowhere near as good as Gouri.

[DB_Fan1991]

So Professor Oak is playing Mr. Satan now huh? He sounds similar to Daisuke Gouri's voice, but then again who can beat Gouri's voice anyways?

[SaiyamanMS]

Yeah, it's a pretty good replacement from the sounds of it. Whiny Satan sounds a bit like Prof. Ookido (Oak) from Pokémon though, which is to be expected I suppose since Ishizuka is the voice of Ookido and the Narrator in that show.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

I think it's a pretty good replacement, but I'll certainly miss Gouri

[penguintruth]

Didn't the voice of Videl and Pan say she wouldn't return after Gouri's death? So now we'll have a new Satan and a new Videl.

[AgitoZ]

I think it's a decent replacement. My only real problem is it is not gruff enough, some parts sound very forced.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

Didn't the voice of Videl and Pan say she wouldn't return after Gouri's death? So now we'll have a new Satan and a new Videl.

yes, but I'll wait though.

[JulieYBM]

I'm pretty sure Minaguchi's still voicing Videl. I could've sworn I heard her in the Raging Blast 2 promos.

[MR.Mark]

I need to hear him in a full episode of Kai to fairly judge, but he seems to be fine going off that clip.

[Gaffer Tape]

Didn't the voice of Videl and Pan say she wouldn't return after Gouri's death? So now we'll have a new Satan and a new Videl.

I think she said something along the lines of not wanting to come back if Gouri wasn't playing her father. But that was right when it happened. It was probably an emotional response, and I doubt it necessarily means that she WON'T come back.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

Holy shit, there's fully voiced dialogue in Tenkaichi Tag Team!? I had no idea.




Anyway, I quite like Mr. Satan's new voice. Can't wait to hear more of him.

[linkdude20002001]

It disappoints me. It sounds quite generic...

[Turtle Marked Stone]

Geeze, this bums me out. I mean it's not a bad voice or anything but c'mon Daisuke Gôri was well...Daisuke Gôri. It's hard to accept much less.

[Mewzard]

Between Daisuke Gôri's passing, and Chris Rager's severe injury, I'd be reluctant to be the guy trying to be the replacement guy at this point.

It's going to be hard topping a classic voice role. I felt the same way when I heard Takahiro Sakurai replaced Hirotaka Suzuoki as Dragon Shiryu in the later Saint Seiya: Hades OVAs (Hell, Suzuoki was doing both Dragon Shiryu and Tenshinhan at the same time back in the 80s, just as Tōru Furuya did both Pegasus Seiya and Yamucha, and Ryo Horikawa went from playing the kind bishonen Andromeda Shun to the more glad to kill Vegeta. Though they all got replaced during the later OVAs)

As for the work of Unshô Ishizuka...it's alright, but I don't think, if he is the official replacement, he'll be able to live up to what Daisuke Gôri did in the role. The best bet, at this point, is for a replacement to give their own take on the character that fits the role, but is not to close to Daisuke Gôri's work. That's the only way they'll probably have a chance at satisfying.

[PuppetDoctor]

Mr. Satan is one of the voices I loved in Dragon Ball Z and Unsho Ishizuka doesn't live up to Daisuke Gôri in my opinion. As others have said it sounds forced and while it does sound somewhat close to the original it doesn't sound right. I am going to miss Daisuke Gôri because he made such an amazing Mr. Satan.

[AoiKageNoChikara]

I usually don't mind the idea of new V.A ..... But Gori is Gori! :S
This sounds good though, but... Geez what a loss :S

[DemonRin]

This clip brings both joy and sadness to my heart...

On the one hand... Gouri SHOULD Be Satan! He SHOULD still be here, and we SHOULD still be able to hear his wonderful voice! He should also still be Jinbei...

Now, on the other hand, the realistic side of my brain reminds me that Daisuke Gouri can no longer play Mr. Satan, so the role would HAVE to be recast... and that part of me is happy hearing this, because I think the new guy is pretty good from what I can hear in this short clip.

So what I'm saying is, I'm sad that we live with circumstances where Gouri can't play him, but I'm happy with what I've heard of his replacement so far.

I think I have a worse taste in my mouth over Gouri's replacement than anyone else though. At least other characters were recast due to someone passing due to a more natural cause or an accident, but the circumstances surrounding Gouri's passing just sadden me....

[Tanooki Kuribo]

It seems (to me at least) like they're taking the Mr.Satan voice in a different direction. It sounds almost nothing like Gouri's version.