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VA Masaaki Tsukada Passes Away

Post by Gonstead » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:32 am

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... asses-away

Oh man, rest in peace.

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He was married to voice actress Masako Nozawa, who will be his chief mourner during his memoral services this weekend.
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Post by eledoremassis02 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:37 am

Thats a real shame to hear :(
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Post by kei17 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:43 am

Nozawa has lost a close friend and her husband during only a few days. I feel really sorry for her... :( I wish Nozawa won't lose her vitality.
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Post by penguintruth » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:48 am

Poor Nozawa. :cry:
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Post by Kid Buu » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:54 am

kei17 wrote:Nozawa has lost a close friend and her husband during only a few days. I feel really sorry for her... :( I wish Nozawa won't lose her vitality.
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Re: VA Masaaki Tsukada Passes Away

Post by Blade » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:59 am

How awful...

It's not nice when people get old and are faced with a lot of death around them, but I think in these situations you just have to be thankful that the deceased were lucky enough to have lived such long and fruitful lives.
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Post by rereboy » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:21 am

Blade wrote: you just have to be thankful that the deceased were lucky enough to have lived such long and fruitful lives.
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Post by Ajay » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:33 am

Damn.

I only knew his voice work from Higurashi but he was very good from what I recall.

Sad news and of course, poor Nozawa. This hasn't been the best of weeks for her.
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Post by Gaffer Tape » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:52 am

How sad. It's strange, though. For all this time, for some reason, I never thought about her being married. Somehow, it just never occurred to me she would be.
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Post by SaiyamanMS » Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:49 am

I've seen Higurashi season 1, but don't remember much about his character, however I recognize General Grumman from Fullmetal Alchemist, and his role as Toto in the Alabasta arc of One Piece certainly sticks out to me. It's such a shame to see this happen.
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Post by Saiga » Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:51 am

I'd only known him as Bleach's Genryusai Yamamoto, and I'm very sad to hear he passed away. :( He made for a perfect Yamamoto. At the same time, it is nice to hear about how he was on the set.
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Post by SaiyanZ » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:53 am

RIP Yamamoto. I feel for Nozawa :cry:
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Post by B » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:13 am

I am at a complete loss for words. Heartbreaking.
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Re: VA Masaaki Tsukada Passes Away

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:51 am

God, this sucks.....for his fans, his friends, his family, and especially Masako. It does at least sound like he lived a good, long life, but still, it's incredibly unfortunate that this happened, especially considering how close his death is to Ichiro Nagai's. May he RIP.
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Post by MagicBox » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:52 am

This is horrible. 74 is too young.

I must admit, I'm not familiar with Tsukada's most popular work. Thus, I did mostly think of him as "Hey, that guy's Masako Nozawa's husband!" But I do remember him playing the Mamemon Village Elder in episode 41 of Digimon Frontier. I can still hear his performance in my head without even having to re-watch the episode, so I guess that speaks volumes about his acting ability if he left that much of an impression.

Rest in peace.

I'm really, really worried about Nozawa. Losing a spouse affects people in so many horrible ways. I really hope her family and friends take care of her and stay with her during this tough time.
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:04 pm

First Ichiro Nagai dies just a day ago and now Masaaki Tsukada. I feel bad for Masaako Nozawa.
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Post by JulieYBM » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:43 pm

kei17 wrote:Nozawa has lost a close friend and her husband during only a few days. I feel really sorry for her... :( I wish Nozawa won't lose her vitality.
That was my first thought last night when I saw your Tweet. I was afraid this might be a little morbid, but damn if I don't fear it might happen.

It's a shame Tsukada never joined the Dragon Ball family beyond probably showing up for cast parties. I would have loved to see him voice a character here. His work in Bleach was awesome.
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Post by ConfusedPhantom » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:16 pm

How awful. :( Poor Nozawa. My condolences to her and his family and friends.
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Post by DBZfan5 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:14 pm

Terrible news. My condolences go out to Masako Nozawa and her family and I hope that Goku's spirit will continue to shine through in Nozawa in the wake of such tragedy.

This just seems to be a week of passings. First Ichiro Nagai passes, now this.
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Post by dprez » Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:03 pm

Damn, I feel for Masako Nozawa. After reading this week's Bleach I see this terrible news in the comment section. I was truly shocked and immediately pictured a saddened Nozawa. He was the VA of old man Yamamoto. They were both so talented and shared the same passion. The must've had so much fun together. R.I.P. Tsukada Masaaki.
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