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Some of Atsuko Tanaka’s notable roles include Flamme in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, Lisa Lisa in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, Konan in Naruto, Bayonetta in Bayonetta, among many others.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Major died?!?

She deserves full military honors at her funeral.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The voice actress Atsuko Tanaka passed away on August 20 following a year-long battle against an undisclosed illness.

damn
may you rest in peace

Her son Hikaru shared the news on X today, apologizing for revealing the parent-child relationship in this way.

not sure what the implication means but they must be in a difficult/weird position if they have the need to apologize

[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not necessarily. Japan is 'weird'.

It may be considered proper to be introduced by your parent/elder.

edit Could also be a mistranslation. Perhaps he ment 'sorry for finding out about her death this way.'

[–] papaya@possumpat.io 6 points 2 months ago

It's a weird translation, the original text is something like, "It is with great regret that I have to inform you of our parent-child relationship in this way."

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

This sucks. She was a classic voice of Anime.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing with us!

The voice actress Atsuko Tanaka passed away on August 20 following a year-long battle against an undisclosed illness. She was 61. Her son Hikaru shared the news on X today, apologizing for revealing the parent-child relationship in this way. You can read his message below.

[–] anonymous_in_atl@ani.social 9 points 2 months ago
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

My wife remembers her as Kaine from Nier, since she played in Japanese and it was pretty influential in her childhood. This news hits her especially hard.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

WTF bro this timeline sucks ass

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

0 Days After the Death of Atsuko the Great VA

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