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Persona 5 Voice Actor Kazunari Tanaka Passes Away at 49

Talent agency Aoni Production announced on its website on Tuesday that voice actor Kazunari Tanaka passed away on Monday due to a hemorrhage in his brain stem. He was 49.

Aside from anime, Tanaka has also voiced roles in games such as Persona 5 (Junya Kaneshiro) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (Tamami Kobayashi).

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tulholdren2754d ago

R. I. P. sorry to hear that. I wonder if this Sony exclusive was some of his last work. I will enjoy it.

Mrveryodd2754d ago

Not good , 49 is not old , so too soon

GameBoyColor2754d ago

RIP man. Way too young for this to happen :L

IxWoodstockxI2754d ago

Persona 5 curse? Just like the omen

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Hasbro's $1 billion bet on internal game development

Brendan writes; "Head of digital product development Dan Ayoub tells us about the toy maker's plans to get back in the game."

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Todd Howard Has No Plans to Retire, Open to Other Studios Making Fallout Games

In a recent interview, Todd Howard revealed that he has no plans to retire and reiterated Bethesda's openness to help from other studios.

DOMination-1d 15h ago

Oh great, now we have to deal with Anasts Bethesda fetish indefinitely.

Thanks a lot, Todd

anast1d 12h ago

You're welcome for the free entertainment. Usually, it comes at a cost of $70 because of inflation.

Crows901d 12h ago

That's an inflated price...

anast1d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

@Crows

It would be if it weren't a valuable resource.

mastershredder1d 14h ago

"with no plans to retire anytime soon" I mean this is like a common news topic involving his name. Knock it off and do some actual newsing. This is like the biggest "No Duh" article of the day, and several sites had to regurgitate it. Geez. So lame.

OtterX1d 13h ago

"Batman. I like the idea that if I had enough money, time, and vengeance, I could become him." - Todd Howard

https://www.brainyquote.com...

This is when he'll retire.

nmbr1esq1d 13h ago

He doesn't have to retire, just the stupid outdated garbage creation engine.

Kados1d 12h ago

Netimmerse 4.0, presumably 5.0 for TES6. They should give the Fallout IP to Obsidian, and have it made in UE5.

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I deserve a lot of criticism."

Embracer CEO demonstrates a masterclass in mental gymnastics in latest interview.
"I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism, but I don't think my team or companies deserve all the criticism. I could take a lot of that blame myself. But ultimately I need to believe in the mission," he said.

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on_line_forever7d ago

OK give us Kingdoms of Amalur 2 with AAA budget and we will accept your excuse

kaos897d ago (Edited 7d ago )

The king of the studio asset flip scheme that failed.