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Paul: And of all of the people who
sang the Dragonball Kai theme,
yours was the one that was chosen
for broadcast.
Vic: Well I was very grateful. I was
very honoured. In fact I was asked
by Funimation to record that, and
then some other voice actors kinda
decided to record it as well, but I re-
ally enjoyed doing that song. In fact,
just a few hours ago, at my panel,
I sang it live here, at Supanova. I
plugged my phone in and... kick it
up, you know! (Vic sings a few bars
of Dragon Soul).
Paul: All we need is the backing
track now. Which I actually have on
here! I have it!
Scotty. Grant Imahara from Myth
Busters playing Sulu. We’ve had
7 million views and won a dozen
awards. I’m very very proud of what
we’ve accomplished. I started it out
as merely, just my love letter to Star
Trek. I wanted to say “thankyou” to
that series, that meant so much to
me when I was young, and it’s been
so gratifying that so many people
have enjoyed it.
Paul: Now there are 8 episodes re-
ally at the moment. How many do
you have planned?
Vic: 11 total, and 9, 10 and 11 have
already been shot. We’re editing
them and preparing them right now
and they will all be released this
year.
Vic: Hahaha!
Paul: No previews at Supanova?
Paul: Star Trek Continues is a series
you’re involved in. Live action, it’s
has been acclaimed and endorsed
by Rod Roddenberry as well.
Vic: Many, many people, thankfully,
have really enjoyed there series.
Not only am I involved in it, I cre-
ated it. I started it, I’m the executive
producer, I play Captain Kirk. It’s a
childhood dream project. It’s like my
passion project.
Paul: And you’ve got your fellow
Funimation alum involved, you’ve
got...
Vic: Todd Haberkorn playing Spock,
Chuck Huber playing McCoy, Chris
Doohan playing his father’s role as
Vic: Nooooo, oh any gosh, but I’ve
gotta tell ya: 9 is amazing, and wait
till you see the guest star. 10 and 11
is a 2 parter, series finale.
Paul: Will they be released together,
or will fans have to wait?
Vic: They’ll be released a couple of
weeks apart. Not at the same time,
because that kinda ruins the fun of
the anticipation, but they’re not go-
ing to be released months apart.
I think they’ll be released a few
weeks apart.
Paul: Brilliant. In closing, do you have
a message for the fans?
Vic: My message is simple, I love
you. God bless you for your kindness
to me. I never cease to be amazed,
never. You know, I told Daniel here,
who runs Supanova the other day.
We were back behind the partition
in Gold Coast, and I was walking up
and Daniel was behind the partition.
He goes “Bro, you’ve got a mas-
sive queue!” And I said to him “you
know, any show I do, anywhere on
the planet, something in the back of
my mind is afraid that this is going
to be the show that I’m gonna step
out and nobody’s going to be there.
It’s always in the back of my mind
that the day is coming, when you
rode that wave, but it’s done now.
People are used to you, they’ve
seen you or they’ve met you or
whatever, and they’re not going to
be there. I say that to say that I do
not in any way take for granted eve-
ry time I do a show and fans come
out to say hello, or get an autograph
or get a picture, I am so tremen-
dously honoured by their support
and their kindness, and I hope they
know that.
And, any chance I get I any inter-
view, when somebody says to me,
as you just did, “do you have a mes-
sage for the fans”, my message is
“thankyou. I love you, for your kind-
ness to me”.
Paul: And thankyou. We love you
Vic Mignogna.
Vic: Thankyou.