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NEWS: Voice Actor Billy Kametz Passes Away at 35


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InuNaruPokeAlchemist



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:14 pm Reply with quote
I had the chance to meet Billy last year at an anime convention. Now I highly regret not getting a photograph with him. He was so kind and just had a happy vibe going the entire time. I don't go manga panels at cons anymore. However, I went to every single one of his panels that weekend. He even held a "fight me in Smash Bros" panel in the game hall where he would kick your ass at Smash Bros Infront of a crowd of people. I managed to take down one of his lives before he kicked my butt. It was such a nice, fun time. Cancer took him far too soon. He will be greatly missed. Sad
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Crystalyn
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:32 pm Reply with quote
OK, disrespectful post has been deleted and all posts that responded to it are either deleted or edited. Please be respectful.
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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:32 pm Reply with quote
I actually just finished watching Cells at Work. I really enjoyed his voice acting. He felt like one of the up and coming big names. Life is cruel sometimes, no other way to say it.

RIP[/code]
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Scion Drake



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:32 pm Reply with quote
Goddamn that is awful, [expletive] cancer.

RIP to him, he was a fantastic actor. His Josuke was great.
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Snomaster1
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:47 pm Reply with quote
It's sad to see Billy Kametz go,even when he had so much left to give. Yeah,cancer is really nasty and he really didn't deserve this kind of exit from this life. So long,Mr. Kametz. It's a shame your life was so short. It should have been a lot longer. Sad
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Finny-chan



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:48 pm Reply with quote
Josuke is my favorite Jojo now I won't be able to watch it dubbed anymore without being sad

Cancer sucks it takes too many young lives Sad
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capt_bunny



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:49 pm Reply with quote
I don't like most English dub voice actors but he had talent. He had so much talent. I enjoyed watching his performance in Promare. I've seen clips of his roles. So young too....
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Somer-_-



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:56 pm Reply with quote
I don't watch many dubs but he was great in Demon Slayer as Rui.

Rest in Peace.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:10 pm Reply with quote
Wow, younger than me, too. Just completely unfair.

I loved his Josuke in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:10 pm Reply with quote
Sad...His work has ended too soon. Crying or Very sad Let's all take what happened to heart and if there are changes to your lower GI tract behavior, get it checked now. If over 50, get regular colon cancer screening and colonoscopy.

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Shadowrun20XX



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:11 pm Reply with quote
Good god life is uncertain. Try to enjoy the short time we have. RIP Billy.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:20 pm Reply with quote
35. Most doctors don’t recommend you get a colon cancer screening until you’re 40. Cancer is insidious.

RIP. Going through his filmography it’s amazing just how many works he was in that occupied my spare time.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:30 pm Reply with quote
This is a gut-punch.

Like, even knowing how serious it was, I still held some hope he might pull through and beat it, and now...now it's just so, so sad.

I've been following Billy's career for a while now and ever since he played Josuke I've been a massive fan of his. He always put such charisma, humanity, and personality into the characters he portrayed and always put his all into voicing them. And on-top of that he was a great person and someone who, from what I've seen, was beloved by the VA community. Which makes this even harder.

RIP Billy. Thank you for everything.
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Gem-Bug



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:37 pm Reply with quote
How awful; we're the same age, too. Crying or Very sad

Rest in peace
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OtomeGay



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:41 pm Reply with quote
He was so young too...I hope his loved ones are doing alright.
Thank you for all your incredible voice work Billy, may you rest in peace.
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