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YOUR SAY
INTERVIEW
A SUPA INTER
Paul: I am sitting here, at Supanova
Melbourne with with the one and
only Vic Mignogna.
Vic: Hey.
Paul: I hope that’s how it’s pro-
nounced. (Min-ya-na)
Vic: Oh yes! You nailed it! You nailed
it Paul.
Paul: Haha, I practiced!
So, Broly from Dragonball!
Vic: Haha.
Paul: You’ve been in over 200 dif-
ferent series.
Vic: Oh, 300.
Paul: 300 now.
Vic: Oh yeah.
Paul: I’ve been trying to interview
you for quite some time, but every
time I nearly do you do more work,
so there’s just such a long list of
things to talk about.
Vic: Haha, well, thank god. That’s a
very fortunate problem to have, so
I’m very grateful.
Paul: It is. Now the first thing I no-
ticed, when I was lining up today
for autographs was your fanbase.
You have a massive fanbase who
love you, and you get out there, you
interact with them, you give them
hugs and you talk to them all indi-
vidually... conventions that do it as well, or
certainly any better than Supanova.
Vic: I love them. Paul: So let’s just talk about a cou-
ple of them...
Paul: Certainly not. Now, I wanted
to address a couple of different se-
ries. You’ve been in 300 roughly...
Vic: Mmm, hmm...
Paul: And they love you!
Vic: Sure...
Vic: I am so profoundly grateful for
the fact that people have enjoyed
the work that I’ve done. The anime
fans are, in my estimate, probably
the most enthusiastic, sup portive,
kind fans, and so I want to make
sure that they all know how much
they mean to me and how grateful I
am for the privilege to do what I do.
So I would be remiss not to share
that with them.
Paul: And Australian fans, because
you’ve been here quite a few times.
Vic: Oh my gosh! I love Australia so
much! I think the first time I came
here was 10 plus years ago, to Su-
panova, and ever since I have just
really, really cherished every chance
to come back, and I am continually
amazed and humbled by the turn-
out. The fans are so supportive
and enthusiastic. I look for any ex-
cuse to come back here. I love it.
And the people that run Supanova
are the best. I mean, they’re among
the best in the world. I do a lot of
conventions and there aren’t many
Paul: So you are probably best
known to Dragonball fans as Broly,
the legendary super saiyan. What
are your feelings on the character?
It’s a little bit of a mixed bag with
fans. Some people think the was
just a muscle bound beefcake who
pretty much just said “KAKKAR-
OT!!”
Vic: Hahaha. You know what? I’ve
been very fortunate that fans, at
least the DBZ fans that I’ve met
really like Broly. I mean, he doesn’t
have a very intricate personality.
He doesn’t have many facets to
his character. He’s a bad dude and
wants to cause trouble, but the DBZ
fans have really embraced him. In
fact I wish I had a nickel for every
time somebody said “why don’t
they bring Broly into the prime uni-
verse?” You know, “why don’t they
make him part of the prime uni-
verse?” I would love that. My feeling
about the character is that it’s re-
ally hard to do, it’s very hard on my
voice, physically, because it’s very