Remembering Seizo Kato
 

At age 86 Seizo Kato passed away from bladder cancer. Mr. Kato's long list of credits include a wonderful selection of Tokusatsu roles as well

He will be missed greatly.

Godspeed Kato-Sama

He voiced the Japanese Megatron and Galvatron in G1

Oh no. :( Alien Mephilas, one of the great classic Ultraman foes... even more memorable for peacefully giving up for a change. I only half-knew him as General Jark (MASKED RI-DUR) and never knew Seizo Kato by his other roles (not even Megatron or Galvatron, really), but losing the original Mephilas? That hurts. RIP, Seizo Kato.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdd1CLD5p58

Rest in peace.

Rest in peace Seizo Kato.Without you there would have been no Transformers.

RIP

Rest in Peace.

just curious but what makes you think that?

In my mind,voice actors are what make or break a show.Without him,the show could've done bad.

In other words,I'm glad he was Megatron and Galvatron.He put soul into those characters.

Transformers is an american show though not japanese. The japanese version came later.

Transformers would have continued after G1 regardless of who voiced megatron/galvatron in the japanese version.

But not with as big a following if the japanese voice actor was bad.It would have turned the audience off to the show.Not only does Japan count for half the audience,but they also work together with Hasbro to make the toys.If it didn't succeed there they wouldn't be helping now,and you know how Hasbro toys alone are.

And I also meant voice actors in general.Would Transformers be the same without Peter Cullen? Same in the japanese version.Wouldn't be the same without Seizo Kato.

No they arent. Transformers is not as big in japan like it is in america or europe. the japanese market is not what hasbro aimed at back then and they dont aim at it today.

Hasbro bought the diaclone license and sold them in america as Transformers. hasbro produced the cartoon with the money they earned in America. they were already two seasons of the show when it was imported to japan. The show would have continued in america beacuse it was succesfull in america.

The only thing that would be different is that there might be no Victory or Masterforce TV Show.

Takara is just like any other company. Hasbro pays them to help design the toys thats it.

Point being the show wouldn't be the same without him.I'm not gonna argue about which came first and where it was more popular,not here.

Thats not what the discussion was about but whatever you say man...

Then I'm sorry you misunderstood.

RIP good sir

I may not know much about him, but he will be missed. Rest in peace, good sir.

May he rest in peace.

Such, contribution, rest in peace Kato-San

It's always unfortunate to lose someone.

Wait, I'mma take things back a bit. If TF isn't as big in Japan, why are there no less than 5 Japanese produced series that were never translated?

Yea along with Japanese exclusive only toys