Another Dragon Ball voice actor has lost the battle to cancer.
Mike McFarland, who was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer that originates as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord, has passed away at the age of 56.
Best known by Dragon Ball fans as the voice of Master Roshi and Yajirobe, Mike McFarland has had a long standing career in the anime industry.
McFarland’s work extends beyond Dragon Ball to other characters like Buggy the Clown in One Piece, Carnage Kabuto in One-Punch Man, Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan, Kotaro Amon in Tokyo Ghoul, The Ancient Magus’ Bride as well as Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
Additionally McFarland has not only done voice work but also ADR, scriptwriting and producing.
ADR credits include other anime like One Piece, Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man, the Funimation redub of Dragon Ball Z seasons 1-2 (also for ADR script), Fullmetal Alchemist (27 episodes and 50 episodes of Brotherhood), Tokyo Ghoul, the Evangelion rebuilds and many more.
Script duties included, but are not limited to Mob Psycho 100, Kodocha, Hellsing Ultimate, ODDTAXI, The Seven Deadly Sins, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki.
For anyone that would like to pay tribute to Mike McFarland and help future victims of his condition please donate to cancer research (if you can) or check out Geekdom101’s interview with the man himself, as he said in his tribute video he will be donating all the proceeds from said video to relevant charities.