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We say goodbye to another legend today 😔 Attack on Titan and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger Actor Hiroshi Tsuchida Passed Away at Age 54 🕊️ For anime fans, Hiroshi Tsuchida’s voice belonged to Grisha Yeager, one of the characters whose choices shaped the entire story of Attack on Titan. For Super Sentai fans, however, Tsuchida was already familiar decades earlier as Saizou / Ninja Blue, appearing on screen in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. That combination made his career unusually broad. He moved from live-action tokusatsu into anime, video games, and Japanese dubbing, eventually becoming the Japanese voice of Lightning McQueen throughout Pixar’s Cars films while also portraying characters across Pokémon, Naruto, Soulcalibur, Street Fighter, Yakuza, and many more. Some of his most memorable roles include: - Grisha Yeager (Attack on Titan) — voice - Saizou / Ninja Blue (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger) - Daikichi Kawachi (Bunny Drop) — voice - Professor Sycamore (Pokémon the Series: XY) — voice - Lightning McQueen (Cars franchise) — Japanese voice - Zasalamel (Soulcalibur series) — voice - Necalli (Street Fighter V) — voice - Raidō Namiashi (Naruto / Naruto: Shippuden) — voice - Kazuki (Yakuza / Like a Dragon series) — voice - Ganesha (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) — voice - Ezel (Fairy Tail) — voice - Masamune Nakatsukasa (Soul Eater) — voice - Kōichirō Iketani (New Initial D the Movie) — voice - Hidetoshi Nakata (Inazuma Eleven) — voice - Skull Man (The Skull Man) — voice From standing in a Super Sentai suit as Ninja Blue to becoming Eren Yeager’s father and even giving Lightning McQueen his Japanese voice, Hiroshi Tsuchida spent more than three decades crossing worlds that rarely overlap in one performer’s career. Rest in peace, Hiroshi Tsuchida. 1972–2026. 🕊️

Happy 60th birthday to Legendary Voice Actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn! 🎙️🎉 McGlynn has become one of the most recognizable voices in English-dubbed anime and video games, led by her longtime role as Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell. Her résumé also includes Kurenai Yuhi and Mei Terumi in Naruto, Nina Williams in Tekken, Cornelia li Britannia in Code Geass, and Governor Arihnda Pryce in Star Wars Rebels. Some of her most notable voice roles include: • Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex / SAC_2045 / Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence) • Kurenai Yuhi (Naruto / Naruto Shippuden) • Nina Williams (Tekken) • Julia (Cowboy Bebop) • Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass) • Mei Terumi (Naruto Shippuden) • Alex Wesker (Resident Evil: Revelations 2) • Governor Arihnda Pryce (Star Wars Rebels) • Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran (Steven Universe) • Mary Shepherd-Sunderland / Maria (Silent Hill 2) • Queen Metalia (Sailor Moon / Sailor Moon Crystal) • Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4: The Animation) • “Hot Ice” Hilda (Outlaw Star) • Nuriko (Fushigi Yûgi) • Helba (.hack//SIGN) • Lady Jaguara (Wolf’s Rain) • Zabimaru’s Baboon Spirit / Saru (Bleach) • Ophanimon (Digimon Frontier) • Female Crusader (Diablo III: Reaper of Souls) • Johanna (Heroes of the Storm) Her voice carries a distinctive authority that fits everything from elite soldiers and rulers to villains, mentors, and game heroes, helping make her performances immediately recognizable across very different franchises. At 60, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn remains a defining presence in anime dubbing and gaming, with Major Kusanagi standing at the center of a career filled with unforgettable characters. 🎂🎙️✨