Mario Castañeda, the voice of Goku in Dragon Ball Z.
Mario Castañeda, known to be the Latin American voice of Goku, of Dragon Ball Z, turned 60 and left an emotional message on his Twitter account which has garnered the virtual applause of all his fans and fans.
“When I started recording Goku, they told me that Mazako Nozawa, the Japanese seiyū, the original voice of Goku, was 60 years old … and I thought, ‘I can’t imagine someone 60 years old voicing Goku.’ Today I am 60 years old … And I am the voice of Goku! “, Tweeted the voice actor.
Almost 24 hours after its publication, the Mexican received 140.7 thousand “likes” and received nearly 12 thousand responses.
Mario Castañeda’s tweet. Photo: Twitter capture
“Mario, look, I always say that it is better to see things in their original language, but you, Laura Torres and Humberto Vélez will always be an exception. Happy birthday, my king ”, expressed one of the many users who took a second to leave him a message.
“And there shouldn’t be another one like that! The only Goku is Latin and bears the surname Castañeda “, agrees the Argentine influencer Lucas Baini.
Others pointed out how symbolic his performance is in the Akira Toriyama anime: “And Mario’s voice is Goku. My life is a continuous ‘hey, that’s Goku’ in every movie in which he voices him ”.
The voice actor at a fan event. Photo: Instagram
“First, happy birthday. Second, thanks for being the best Goku. Third, fellow voice actors in Argentina are unemployed for better working conditions and your Genki dama or your Hame Ha would be great for us to keep fighting ”, they asked him – they asked him at Cine Fantastico and Bizarro magazine.
Castañeda has stated on several occasions that playing Goku is, along with the narrative of The Wonder Years, your favorite job.
At first he refused to work on the anime because he wasn’t sure fans would accept a voice change in the main character, since in the Latin American version Goku has two voices, one as a child and the other as an adult.
In the Japanese version, however, Nozawa plays the voice of the young and old character.
Dragon ball. A scene of Goku, the protagonist of the animated series and the manga. Photo: Toei capture / animation.
In the end, Castañeda accepted the proposal at the request of his son. How well he did.
superstar of dubbing
Castañeda is not only recognized for having made the voice for Latin America of the protagonist of Dragon Ball. We also recognize it in the Spanish voices of an important group of Hollywood stars.
The actor usually doubles Bruce Willis, Mark Ruffalo, Jim Carrey, John Leguizamo, Steve Carell, Tom Hanks Y Adrian Brodyas well as guest appearances in countless animated and non-animated films and television programs.
In 2020, Castañeda published a book about his life as a voice actor.
Throughout his long career, Castañeda has voiced for both Marvel and DC and both he and his family, including several voice actors, have participated in Power Rangers.
Currently, in addition to continuing to voice Goku and the rest of the actors, Castañeda spends his time from one event to another presenting himself as a true dubbing superstar. One of the few in the world linked to this profession …
Source: Clarin
