Norio Wakamoto: Difference between revisions

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Norio Wakamoto is an expert in martial arts, and he will ''kick your ass''.

Also, thanks to his recent role as [[Social Darwinist]] and [[The Emperor|Emperor]] [[Code Geass|Charles of Britannia]], he has reached a certain [[Memetic Badass]] status amongst Western anime fans (by that time, he'd already been considered one in Japan). There are people who state that any anime can turn instantly good if he is participating (or that any character he voices will always be perceived as [[Badass]]). It's even gotten to the point where, instead of having him "work his voice to fit a character", they work the character to fit his voice. The man is the [[Chuck Norris]] of Anime, with the voice of '''''[[Brian Blessed]]'''''<ref>though [[Toru Ohira]] ('''''[[Brian Blessed]]''''''s Japanese dub voice on Boss Nass in [[Star Wars the Phantom Menace]]) could contend with the latter, seeing as '''''[[Brian Blessed]]''''', for one, isn't much of a [[Guttural Growler]] [[Rated ~~Mfor~~ Manly]] type...</ref>

Also, thanks to his recent role as [[Social Darwinist]] and [[The Emperor|Emperor]] [[Code Geass|Charles of Britannia]], he has reached a certain [[Memetic Badass]] status amongst Western anime fans (by that time, he'd already been considered one in Japan). There are people who state that any anime can turn instantly good if he is participating (or that any character he voices will always be perceived as [[Badass]]). It's even gotten to the point where, instead of having him "work his voice to fit a character", they work the character to fit his voice. The man is the [[Chuck Norris]] of Anime, with the voice of '''''[[Brian Blessed]]'''''<ref>though [[Toru Ohira]] ('''''[[Brian Blessed]]''''''s Japanese dub voice on Boss Nass in [[Star Wars the Phantom Menace]]) could contend with the latter, seeing as '''''[[Brian Blessed]]''''', for one, isn't much of a [[Guttural Growler]] [[Rated M for Manly]] type...</ref>

Not just amongst the fans, but he is also very well respected amongst the seiyuu circle, to the point that many have tried doing a 'Wakamoto impression'. For example, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNkATKq0bUw this one], as done by [[Tomokazu Sugita]], [[Takahiro Sakurai]], and [[Yuuichi Nakamura]]. In fact, [http://www.moecul.com/en/index.html there's going to be a competition in 2012 about imitating Wakamoto], to be judged by Wakamoto himself!

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* [[Meaningful Name]]: The name "Norio" means "Man of Law" in Japanese, a rather fitting name for a former policeman.

* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: Pigeonholed, yes, but he is, to put it simply, [[Wolverine Publicity|the best there is at what he does, and what he does is AWESOME.]]

* [[Rated ~~Mfor~~ Manly]]

* [[Rated M for Manly]]

* [[Roll Your Rs]]

* [[Sure Why Not]]: Which explains why he supports boobs.