SeizÅ KatÅ
Seizō Katō (加藤 精三 Katō Seizō February 14, 1927-January 17, 2014) was a veteran Japanese voice actor who worked for Haikyo. Some of his most notable roles include Count Magnus Lee from Vampire Hunter D, Dr. Barcas from The Guyver, Ittetsu Hoshi from Star of the Giants, Gamo Whiskey from Cyborg 009, Hazanko from Outlaw Star, Kristopher McLaughlin from Case Closed, Alien Mephilas from the Ultra Series, Father Cornello from FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mother from Tokyo Godfather, Grim Reaper Earl Bolstak from Trigun, Great Satan from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, and a one-off stint as Inspector Zenigata in Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy.
In the world of dubbing, he played Shere Khan in Disney's animated The Jungle Book, Master Control Program in Tron, Emperor D'ken in the TV Tokyo dub of Saban's X-Men and Dr. Herbert Higginbotham in Little Big Planet 2.
Katō died of complications from bladder cancer at the age of 86.[1]
Voice roles
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
Scramble City
- Megatron
- Devastator
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010
- Galvatron
- Devastator
The Headmasters
- Galvatron
- Devastator
The Transformers: The Movie
- Megatron
- Galvatron
The Transformers
- Galvatron
DreamMix TV World Fighters
- Megatron
Notes
- Katō voluntarily turned down the role of Megatron from the 2007 Transformers film and the part was given to Kōtarō Nakamura, instead. Katō cited, "I no longer have the same level of confidence as I did then," as his reasoning.[2]
- Despite retiring from the role, Katō would deign to play a parody of Megatron called "Mesutron" (Femmetron) in episode 7 of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. When one hears the age in his voice, they can see why he declined the opportunity to continue playing Megatron (he was 80 at the time). Tesshō Genda played a parody of Optimus Prime named "Osutimus Surprise" (Masculus Surprise) in that same episode.[3]
