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 .