rough. It’ s very strenuous. I mean, you hear that I sound like. I don’ t sound like him.
Paul: No, definitely not.
Vic: So, that part of it’ s hard but I’ m very very grateful to be part of such an amazing franchise. So, if it takes screaming and yelling Kakkarot to be a part of DBZ then that’ s what I’ ll do.
Paul: And you were sitting 2 seats away from the original Kakkarot today, Masako Nozawa.
Vic: Wasn’ t that amazing! I got to meet her at the green room when she first arrived this morning, and we took photos, and what a pleasure. Yes, she’ s an icon.
Paul: She is. You hadn’ t actually met her before, I know Sean Schemmel had.
Vic: I wouldn’ t be surprised, because he plays Goku. But that was the first time I got to meet her.
Paul: Super Dimension Fortress Macross. You played Hikaru in that.
Vic: I did. the Rick Hunter character. So many people remember Robotech, and they don’ t always know where it came from, what was the original Japanese anime that Robotech was built on and it was Macross. So it was a real privilege to play Hikaru Ichijo. What a thrill, I mean such a great, great series, Macross. Infact that was the same year that I played Edward Elric in Full Metal Alchemist and did Macross and Full Metal at the same time. That was pretty fun.
Paul: With Macross you worked with the original Minmay who played the role in Japanese.
Vic: How cool was that! Mari Iijima! She is so lovely and talented. She’ s a musician like I am. Singer, songwriter like I am, and we just hit it off. We met each other at a convention years before we did Macross and they bought her in to reprise her role as Minmay, so it was really a thrill to do that with her.
Paul: I was speaking to Monica Rial, who was also in that same production and she said they got to hang out a little bit and she was talking about Uncle Carl. What are your memories of Uncle Carl( Macek)?
Vic: Well, yeah... Carl was a really good guy. He was a really good guy... You never expect when you work with people... I can’ t even really put it into words. You don’ t expect that you’ re never going to see someone again, you know what I mean? It’ s like, as long as you know someone it’ s always a bit of a shock when you hear that they’ ve passed, and he was a really good guy. I did several shows for Carl, and so... He was a good guy, it was a pleasure to work with him.
Paul: Now of the 200, 200 plus shows you’ ve done, do you have a favourite?
Vic: You know, for the longest time I always tried to be very diplomatic about that and tactful, because whoever asked the question, I want to answer in a way that will please them, I want to answer in a way they’ re going to like. So, if an Ouran High School cosplayer comes up to me and says“ who’ s your favourite character?” I’ m looking em over and I’ m thinking‘ I bet they’ d really love it if I said Tamaki’, so I’ ll say“ Oh, Tamaki Suoh”, right? But someone comes up dressed as Yuki from Vampire Knight and says‘ Who’ s your favourite character?’ I’ m gonna wanna say Zero. So for the longest time I tried to be all things to all men so to speak. But then after we finished recording Full Metal Brotherhood. When we got to the last episode and I realised that it was probably going to be the last time I would ever play that character I kinda had to come to terms with the fact that Ed is probably the best role, and the one that I have loved the most of all the characters I play. Edward Elric has to be my favourite.
Paul: Now you’ ve done singing for Funimation. You’ ve sung the theme to Dragonball Kai, Dragonball GT...
Vic: One Piece, Ouran, Full Metal...
Paul: Is it something that you do just as a side gig?
Vic: Oh my gosh, not side gig? I’ ve been writing and producing music twice as long as I’ ve been voice acting. So as long as I’ ve been doing this, I’ ve been writing and singing, producing and arranging, and composing a long time. In fact, it took a while before the anime industry that I was in said“ Oh hey, you sing don’ t you?”( laughs)“ Who don’ t you sing this song?” I’ m like,“ yeah, I’ d love it!” So it was a long time, I was in the industry 10 years before someone said:“ I think Vic sings. Why don’ t we have him sing one of the theme songs?” So I was always hopeful that maybe my music and singing background would overlap at some point.