Masato Yamanouchi
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Masato Yamanouchi (April 3, 1929 - April 7, 2003) was a seiyū
who died on April 7, 2003 due to complications from lung cancer
just four days after his 74th birthday.
Seiyu
Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...
who died on April 7, 2003 due to complications from lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
just four days after his 74th birthday.
Notable voice roles
- Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (Wadatsumi, Kushinada-Hime's father)
- Future Boy ConanFuture Boy Conanis an anime series, which premiered across Japan on the NHK network between April 4 and October 31, 1978 on the Tuesday 19:30-20:00 timeslot. The official English title used by Nippon Animation is Conan, The Boy in Future....
(Grandpa, Dr. Lao) - Vision of Escaflowne (Dornkirk)
- Cyborg 009Cyborg 009is a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different magazines, including Monthly Shōnen King, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Big Comic, COM, Shōjo Comic, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Monthly Shōnen Jump and Monthly Comic Nora in Japan...
(Black Ghost) - Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shellis a Japanese multimedia franchise composed of manga, animated films, anime series, video games and novels. It focuses on the activities of the counter-terrorist organization Public Security Section 9 in a futuristic, cyberpunk Japan ....
(Foreign Minister) - Silent MobiusSilent Möbiusis a twelve-volume manga, a 26-episode anime series, and a pair of motion pictures, created by manga artist Kia Asamiya. Both anime versions have been licensed by Bandai Entertainment...
(Kōhō Yamigumo) - Armored Trooper VotomsArmored Trooper Votomsis a 52-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, featuring mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara. The series originally aired in Japan from April 1, 1983 to March 23, 1984 on TV Tokyo...
: Shining Heresy (Viacheslav da Montewells) - Catnapped!Catnapped!known outside Japan as Catnapped!, is a 1995 Japanese animated feature film, directed, created and written by Takashi Nakamura, who was also its character designer. The animation was produced by Triangle Staff...
(Master Sandada)