Attention fellow moonies, and I give you this update with a very heavy heart. Denis Akiyama, the original English voice of Kunzite (who was called Malachite in the old dub), has died on June 28th, 2018, two days before Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibimoon's birthday. He was 66 years old.
Akiyama, was the original voice for Malachite in the old dub (and why he is not called Kunzite in the old dub, I'll never know), but he also did other voices, such as Dockwell from WILDC.A.T.S., Sunfire, Silver Samurai and Iceman in the 90s X-Men cartoon and did the narration for the Capcom game, Onimusha. Last time I saw Akiyama, he was in the Adam Sandler video game guilty pleasure, Pixels, where he played a fictional version of PAC-MAN co-creator, Toru Iwatani, who got his hand bitten off by his creation (Spoiler Alert: His hand grew back after Sam Brener and his fellow Arcaders saved the Earth).
No details on how he died. But, I know there are some moonies out there, who hate the old dub with a passion and say rude stuff like, "Good riddance," to Mr. Akiyama. To those who are not true moonie for thinking that, I say, SHAME ON YOU!! You all should be grateful towards the English dub and its voice actors. We wouldn't got to know Sailor Moon, if it wasn't for the old dub. You will never be a true moonie until you like both English versions. And believe me, I am one of them.
In short, first Kirsten Bishop, then Susan Aceron and Chris Wiggins and now, it is Denis Akiyama. Where you bleach your roots now, it is indeed in a better place. Godspeed, Mr. Akiyama.
Saraba! (Farewell!)
(TAPS plays)
Denis Van Akiyama
(May 28th, 1952 - June 28, 2018)
#SailorMoon #Kunzite #Malachite #DenisAkiyama #RIPDenisAkiyama #RespectVoiceActors
2 comments:
Oh wow...sorry to hear that. Great voice actor.
Yeah, and another ignored by the mainstream media, who continues to treat voice actors like second-class citizens. #RespectVoiceActors
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