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NEWS: Actor, Voice Actor Ed Asner Passes Away at 91




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Spike_2416



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:09 am Reply with quote
Some how to my surprise no one mentions that he was the voice of Hudson in the popular 90s cartoon Gargoyles.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:26 am Reply with quote
You know how you can tell an actor has done something good with their career?

When everyone remembers them for something different. 70's, Lou on the Mary Tyler Moore show, Cosgrove in Freakazoid, J. Jonah Jameson in 90s Spiderman, Up, etc. That's talent, being able to do all these roles and having so many of them stick out to people.

RIP.
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PurpleWarrior13



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:55 am Reply with quote
Definitely a TV legend. R.I.P. Sad

Spike_2416 wrote:
Some how to my surprise no one mentions that he was the voice of Hudson in the popular 90s cartoon Gargoyles.


And that’s probably how he got the role in 3x3 Eyes. That dub was directed by Greg Weisman at New Generation Pictures, and he recycled much of the voice cast from the Gargoyles cartoon. Surprised
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Chiibi



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:24 am Reply with quote
This sucks.....I really liked him in Freakazoid; he was so funny... Crying or Very sad

At least 91 is a great age to live to.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:31 am Reply with quote
He was a true legend.

RIP Ed Asner.
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BonusStage



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:38 pm Reply with quote
He was also Granny Goodness in the DCAU. Loved him for that character.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:59 pm Reply with quote
PurpleWarrior13 wrote:
Definitely a TV legend. R.I.P. Sad

Spike_2416 wrote:
Some how to my surprise no one mentions that he was the voice of Hudson in the popular 90s cartoon Gargoyles.


And that’s probably how he got the role in 3x3 Eyes. That dub was directed by Greg Weisman at New Generation Pictures, and he recycled much of the voice cast from the Gargoyles cartoon. Surprised

I believe Angela's voice actor also did Pai.

Which took some getting used to for me, because 3x3 Eyes was the first anime I ever bought (on VHS -- I bought the two first tapes, and then had to wait three years for them to eventually continue the show), and that one had the old English cast with Eddie Frierson as Yakumo and Reba West as Pai.
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Mr. Bethesda



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:32 pm Reply with quote
RIP Mr. Asner Sad Cosgrove, Granny Goodness, JJ, He was my childhood.
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Emma Iveli



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:40 pm Reply with quote
Something rather interesting I should bring up, they announced him as a guest for Sacanime Winter 2022 before he passed away. Sacanime Sumer 2021 is actually this weekend and they're not going to have physical guides this year. Man that would be have been so awkward if they didn't. They have sense removed him from the ads 2022 for obvious reasons...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:54 pm Reply with quote
I thought the crusty old bastard was already dead because I hadn't heard anything about him for ages. RIP
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PurpleWarrior13



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:18 pm Reply with quote
Northlander wrote:
PurpleWarrior13 wrote:
Definitely a TV legend. R.I.P. Sad

Spike_2416 wrote:
Some how to my surprise no one mentions that he was the voice of Hudson in the popular 90s cartoon Gargoyles.


And that’s probably how he got the role in 3x3 Eyes. That dub was directed by Greg Weisman at New Generation Pictures, and he recycled much of the voice cast from the Gargoyles cartoon. Surprised

I believe Angela's voice actor also did Pai.

Which took some getting used to for me, because 3x3 Eyes was the first anime I ever bought (on VHS -- I bought the two first tapes, and then had to wait three years for them to eventually continue the show), and that one had the old English cast with Eddie Frierson as Yakumo and Reba West as Pai.


Yeah, Streamline dubbed the first series for VHS, and Orion dubbed the second with the same cast, but never got to the final episode, and New Generation later dubbed the whole series from scratch. Hopefully Discotek gives it a reissue with both dubs, but I hear the show hasn't had a remaster. Geneon's DVDs from 20 years ago looked like crap even for the time.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:57 am Reply with quote
Well,another sad passing. This time,it's Ed Asner. I remember him from the "Mary Tyler Moore" show as Lou Grant. If I remember correctly,the character was later spun off into a more dramatic series simply titled "Lou Grant" in the late 70's. Later,he played Hudson on "Gargoyles,"Roland Daggett on "Batman:The Animated Series,"and so on. It's a shame he didn't do another anime dub. His long credits as a voice actor prove that. It's a shame he didn't do a Studio Ghibli film. He would have been great in one.
I even remember him doing some segments on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" called "Let's Impress Ed Asner." That was in which he was asked to judge some sort of thing that someone did,I don't remember that too clearly. All in all,it's very sad to see the guy go.

RIP Mr. Asner. You lived a long life. It's a shame to see you go. Sad
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Multi-Facets



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:57 pm Reply with quote
[gargoyle bellow of sorrow]
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:18 pm Reply with quote
A true all-time legend, in both comedy and drama roles. His role in Up was one of the greatest vocal performances ever, and he had a brilliantly funny role on The Boondocks. I had no idea he'd ever done any anime work.

Man, and Pixar just premiered a series of shorts about Dug. That was probably his final role. Sad
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