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Last March 21, news of Japanese voice actor Hiroshi Masuoka's death circulated online. According to reports, the actor passed away from rectal cancer at the age of 83.

Anime fans may be familiar with his body of work as he brought life to popular characters in famous animes such as Mobile Suit Gundam, Cyborg 009, DragonBall Z, Ranma ½, Anpanman, and Voltes V.

His most popular and well-loved character was Kame Sennin or Master Roshi from the DragonBall series.

Hiroshi Masuoka was born in the Saitama prefecture on August 7, 1936. He started his voice acting career in the anime Wolf Boy Ken as Kuma. Aside from being a voice actor, Hiroshi Masuoka is also a rally car driver.

It was only last year when he decided to retire from his voice acting roles due to his advanced age.

Since news of his passing became known, fans have shared their sentiments online.

It's A Sad Day For DragonBall Fans As We Lost The Talented Hiroshi Masuoka A.K.A The Voice Of Master Roshi.

Your Work Will Live On In The Hearts Of Millions Thank You For Making My Childhood A Blast, Rock On In The Heavens Great One...You Will Be Missed. pic.twitter.com/Gq4zOXDq0P

-- OkamiBee蜂 (@BeeOtaku) March 27, 2020

Rest in peace to Hiroshi Masuoka hope he kamehameha his way up to heaven. pic.twitter.com/Sa9UCRTSS2

-- Dev2Dust (@ParanormalX4) March 27, 2020

I'm honestly surprised nobody is talking about this right now, rally driver and voice actor for Master Roshi passed away recently from cancer, he was beloved of me personally in my childhood and he will be missed dearly

Hiroshi Masuoka 1936 - 2020 pic.twitter.com/6je5ZQWHGX

-- Sammiy ✨ (@KrakHous) March 29, 2020

Respects to Hiroshi Masuoka who played General Oka from voltes V. RIP pic.twitter.com/nm7XAoh3JX

-- The guru for bad western gundam takes (@westerngundam) March 27, 2020

In honour of the death of Hiroshi Masuoka, here's a pic I drew of Master Roshi pic.twitter.com/nXdmxn0JZ7

-- Alexander Percy (@KINGOFDABRONIES) March 30, 2020

Rest easy Master Roshi. Thank you for the memories and may you rest in paradise.

Rest easy Hiroshi Masuoka pic.twitter.com/FD7e7zmGmV

-- David Guillen (@David_G_jr77) March 28, 2020

In other Voltes V news, GMA's live adaptation series of the beloved anime have announced the postponement of its production due to rising cases of coronavirus in the country.

The mandate was in effect after the announcement of an enhanced community quarantine last March 13. In the post, GMA Network has announced that it would suspend the production of its drama shows and other entertainment programs by March 15.

Tingnan ang post na ito sa Instagram

GMA Network Statement on Programming

Isang post na ibinahagi ni Kapuso PR Girl (@kapusoprgirl) noong Mar 14, 2020 nang 1:09am PDT

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