Norio Wakamoto Appreciation Thread

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ALL HAIL EMPEROR

NORIO WAKAMOTO

Say hello to the most badass voice actor in the history of all that is ever. I recently rewatched the last Sengoku Basara movie and was inspired to make this thread by his work in the series as Oda Nobunaga, easily my favorite role of his.
Have some videos of him being badass:


Here are some roles that you people would probably appreciate out of his many many many.
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Cell in Dragon Ball Z.
Its said that while he was doing the voice of Cell he would practice his lines at home. Children in the neighborhood would hear him, go up to his door, and yell "Cell, come out and fight us!" and in response he would open his front door and shout "Who is that? Who wants to be drained?"

Oda Nobunaga in Sengoku Basara. Singularly the most Obviously Evil villain in anime and gaming history. (WARE WA DAI ROKU TEN MAOU, ODA NOBUNAGA NARRRRIIII!!!!)(tab's favorite mmmmm)

Dracula in the Castlevania series (from Symphony of The Night onward). This role utilizes his famous Evil Laugh better than most.
He has a VARIETY of them in Dracula X Chronicle, depending on battle stage and how much Richter is going to get demolished if the attack connects.

Gene in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
Which explains why he has a Compelling Voice.

T-Bag (Robert Knepper) in the Japanese dub of Prison Break.

Here's one for you: Victoream from Zatch Bell. Yes, that one.

Shredder (James Saito) in the Japanese dubs of the first two live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies.

Vince McMahon in the Japanese-dubbed WWE. "MATASHI WA VINCE MCMAHON, DAMN IT!"

Megatron in the Japanese dub of Transformers Animated. "All Hail Megatron" indeed...

Manfred von Karma in a promotional trailer for Gyakuten Kenji 2 (Ace Attorney Investigations 2)

Nikita Dragovich in the Japanese dub of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Johnny in Guilty Gear X and XX.

Chiyo-chichi (the yellow cat... thing) in Azumanga Daioh.

Diao Chan in Koihime†Musou. (i stuff you not)

Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) in the Japanese dub of Star Wars. Also the narrator of the Japanese dub of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Mechazawa in Cromartie High School.
"Such a sober voice!"

Yoshimitsu in Soul Calibur IV, replacing Nobuyuki Hiyama. This has cemented Yoshimitsu's status as an Ensemble Darkhorse.

The voice of the nanosuit OS in the Japanese version of Crysis. No, really. And in very good Engrish, as well.

Gustave St. Germain of Baccano!.

Robert T. Sturgeon, the Special Forces operative from the Ninja Gaiden series, gets voiced in the OVA.

Further information on God can be found at his TV Tropes article (where pretty much all this info is copy pasted from) and his Wikipedia article.

Discuss His Majesty.