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TheRed259
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by TheRed259 » Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:59 pm
Manos Venieris, the Greek voice of Goku in the first 65 episodes of DBZ, passed away at the age of 73.
https://www.facebook.com/MariaMponikou/ ... 8061756687
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.
Rest in peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_0P5XMz0c
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Cure Dragon 255
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by Cure Dragon 255 » Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:47 pm
Its a scary though to think one could lose any actor that played Goku in any dub. RIP Manos.
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Tian
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by Tian » Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:43 am
That's sad to hear
My deepest condolences to his family, friends and fans of his work.
R.I.P
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TheRed259
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by TheRed259 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 12:54 am
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.
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jaisonas
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by jaisonas » Wed Sep 09, 2020 6:11 am
Rip. IIRC Venieris did quite a lot of dubwork outside of dbz, quite sad to hear that he died.
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by DragonBallFoodie » Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:54 am
RIP Mr Manos Vanieris.
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by Planetnamek » Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:41 pm
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.
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by tinlunlau » Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:01 am
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.
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by Gokitalo » Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:19 am
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
