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Joji Yanami—a veteran of anime voice acting, with roles that span the beloved baseball anime Kyojin no Hoshi (Star of the Giants), Dragon Ba
Sad news today - Joji Yanami, prolific voice actor best known for his role as King Kai in the Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away at the age of 90. He was also Buaku in Dominion Tank Police, Jubei Yamada in the Fatal Fury anime, & Professor Yumi in the Mazinger series...just to name a few! RIP to an amazing talent.
Yanami voiced King Kai, Dr. Briefs, Babidi, Narrator in Dragon Ball franchise
Within the Time Bokan franchise, Jōji Yanami is best known for voicing the various “smart henchmen” in the evil trios: Grocky (Time Bokan), Boyacky (Yatterman), Tobacke (Zenderman), Sekovitchi (Otasukeman), Julie Kokematsu (Yattodetaman), Kosuinen (Ippatsuman), Dasainen (Itadakiman), Hieru (Kiramekiman). He would return to reprise the character/s in any appearance they would make prior to his retirement from voicework in 2015.
Famously, him saying “pochittona” (ポチッとな) as a button was being pressed was an ab-lib line, and since has gone on to be the onomatopoeia to describe the sound of a button being pushed in Japan.
Muere el narrador y actor de voz de Dragon Ball Z Joji Yanami a los 90 años
Muere el narrador y actor de voz de Dragon Ball Z Joji Yanami a los 90 años
Hoy, el fandom de Dragon Ball está de luto por la pérdida de un amado miembro de la familia. En Japón, los informes han confirmado que Joji Yanami falleció a la edad de 90 años. El actor era muy conocido en la industria del anime, y los fanáticos de Dragon Ball Z reconocerán sus muchos papeles en la exitosa serie shonen. Nikkan Sports compartió la noticia esta mañana de que Yanami había fallecido…
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A seasonal reference for you all! In the video game “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”, two Famliars were excised from the US release of the game: The “Half Fairy” and “Nose Demon”. Functionally identical to their counterparts Faerie and Demon, they were removed mostly due to their redundancy and because most of their uniqueness came from the Japanese audio the international release lacks. The Nose Demon is, naturally, a little reference to Yatterman!
In the Japanese release, both it and the regular Demon share the same voice actor: Joji Yanami, voice of our beloved Boyacky! Both demons attack with elemental spear attacks as their level increases, but their main feature is that in one area of the castle a secret passage can be accessed only by either devil striking at an out of the way switch.
Before doing so, the demons will muse about it... and in the Japanese version, at least, Nose Demon makes sure that the button isn’t hit without a classic “Pochittona” first! However, this isn’t the only time such a thing happens in the Devil Castle...
In the PS2 title “Castlevania: Curse of Darkness”, the player can raise various monsters for their own use to aid them in combat and help reach items and other secrets. The Fairy Innocent Devil can eventually become the Proboscis Fairy-- proboscis being another word for nose-- yet another joke based monster. With a big pink nose and those crooked “ears” on its cap, along with that exposed pot belly, there’s no mistaking who this Fairy is meant to evoke! Sadly, Joji Yanami doesn’t voice this creature.
Like the Nose Demon before it, this large-nosed sprite really has one purpose in the game, and most players will want to raise a Fairy for it: a single secret button can be found in game, and after a little debate, the sprite decides it’s time to hit the button! Unfortunately for player character Hector, doing so makes a large bomb appear which blasts away the wall... and him, covering him with soot from head to toe!
Said bomb is also the Proboscis Fairy’s special offensive attack. While incredibly powerful, the bomb doesn’t take sides- it will hurt Hector in combat just as much as it does any monster! While the cartoon skull on the bomb is a cute unqiue design, the Menu icon that represents the skill Skull Bomb is pretty much the classic skull design from Yatterman!
“On September 25, 2015, Toei Animation announced that Yanami would be taking medical leave from Dragon Ball Super for an indefinite amount of time. His roles as the narrator and Kaiō-sama will be played by Naoki Tatsuta in the meantime.” Awww, I hope he gets better and can come back soon.
djkalteraphine said: Joji Yanami as an old two-headed turtle monster? Amazing.
Totally. He's one of the four gods of the Digital World, and has a really sagely but intimidating aura to him. He's a neutral figure but very powerful and will respond aggressively if he feels his authority is being questioned.
Of course, Joji Yanami is no stranger to the Digimon world, playing the mentor figure of Gennai in Adventure.
Holy crap it's Joji Yanami.
Tamers has like, the best cast of any Digimon show.
And by that I mean it has DB seiyuus, Jurota Kosugi and Junichi Kanemaru.
If I Tell a Joke, it's an Exciting Fountain of Life!! Kaio-sama's first image song, complete with many lovely puns! From DBZ Hit Song Collection IV: Character Special.
Romaji lyrics here.
