[Den-O]

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

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• Alien Mephilas - Ultraman Episode 33 & Reprising the role in Ultraman Mebius.
• Star King Bazoo - Dengeki Sentai Changeman
• Emperor Zeba - Hikari Sentai Maskman
• QQ Kyuutan - Gekisou Sentai Carranger
• General Jark - Kamen Rider Black RX & reprising the role in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai Shocker
• Great Satan - Kyoryū Sentai Zyuranger
• Sol Dozer - Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain
• It in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

He will be missed greatly.

[Sentai]

Godspeed Kato-Sama

[TokuChris]

He voiced the Japanese Megatron and Galvatron in G1

[Baltan II]

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.

[Eric]

Rest in peace.

[xSkullheartx]

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

[DrillBIT]

RIP

[ElConvoy]

Rest in Peace.

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Originally Posted by xSkullheartx

Without you there would have been no Transformers.

just curious but what makes you think that?

[xSkullheartx]

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Originally Posted by ElConvoy

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.

[ElConvoy]

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.