Iroh & Aku Voice Comparisons - (Mako Iwamatsu & Greg Baldwin)
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- Voice Comparisons of Mako Iwamatsu & Greg Baldwin as Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra and Aku from Samurai Jack
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As a child, I had no idea Iroh had two different voice actors. That’s how much Gred Baldwin resembles Mako
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@Hoda Ali Ah shut the fuck up
@Hoda Ali did you mentioned it? When it was aired? When you was a child?? Or you already old when it was aired?
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Hoda Ali
OMGGSGGSVH YOU WERE A KID WHEN U WATCHED THIS AND U DIDNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VOICE ACTORS!?111 GET YOUR EARS CHECKER.
*My POV while reading this clown’s comment*
Greg honored Mako. He followed Mako to the heart. I didn't even notice a difference between their voices and Greg didn't dare to overturn Mako's work.
What makes him such a good guy though IMO is that he refuses to ever sing Leaves from the Vine. “That’s Mako’s song.”
Apparently Mako's daughter and grandchild were there for recording of the end if Jack season 5. They were crying cause they got to hear dad/grandpa
You can tell during some scenes
We need more of this in the world. Honor the classics, don't put your spin on it just because you can. Looking at you Netflix adaptation
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Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile tiny shells
Drifting in the foam
Little soldier boy
Come marching home
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home
miss you Mako
you made my child hook great
SuperAlphamale13 :(
I hope your child jab was better.
NO WE DO NOT SPEAK OF THIS SONG NO
I almost cried during that part
Sad Boi Paco I couldn’t hold my tears when I was rewatching
When Mako is doing the Iroh voice, it feels like a warm hug from a family member you haven’t seen in forever.
🥺😢😭😭😭😭😭
I love u bruh
It's true...i wish i was related to him. I'd love to spend time with such an awesome uncle.
Mako was born Japanese but he was a family member to so many. RIP Mako
Greg is a pretty good successor but there's a hidden warmth to Mako as Iroh that Greg doesn't have
the episode where it said “in honor of mako”
that really hit me hard. took me a while to dry my eyes.
Tales of Bah Sing Sa. THE ONLY filler episode in the whole series. And it is a work of art
Ikr thats my favourite episode of the whole airbender series
GENERAL KENOBI
@@robotgalaxy4168 theater is a filler too, but also a good one
@@dmitrygrv5661 you get some Kataang development tho
Greg did very well with both rolls, but Aku's original voice can never be replaced. RIP Mako
Onyx VII7
Yeah,but at least is better than nothing.
DareMan172?!?! I said he did a good job
it's missing his echo
But he was replaced. So are you still thinking it was an impossibility? Of course we didn't want him to die but he was replaced. So sad...😓😥😰😭😭
Greg does Makos Aku nearly perfectly in the Final episode when he redubs the opening of the orginal three seasons and voices Aku sending Jack back into the past. So Akus voice in Season 5 is most certainly a directional choice.
To be fair, Mako's voice is pretty difficult to mimic. But Greg Baldwin does a damn good job. I wouldn't even have noticed the difference in Iroh's voice if it wasn't pointed out.
Edit: I wasn't expecting this to get as many likes and responses as it did, but thanks.
Dan Redmond I was this years old when I found out
Yeah it's almost indistinguishable from makos. Aku is a different story mako could go so much deeper with his voice that there just is no replacement.
emart88 it sounds like they just got better microphones
Justin Clark ikr
@@AzraelMight no there was a big difference no wonder I was like why did his voice change the difference is the deepness of their voices Greg voice makes it slightly more deep and the way he pronounces “s” is also different and he sounds like he has a cold but mako is the best ngl Greg makes it sound like he has a cold constantly lmao
It's scary how closely Greg can replicate Mako.
but not fully
@SmiffyLel Well that's because he was older not Greg Iroh
You can tell that his voice changed because of his older body.
I didn't even notice the change
@@alien_monster7741 at first when I watched the show I did not understand the change but now i understand the change
SmiffyLel omg hen I waches the show couldn’t tell a difference but now he sounds so different
It sounds really weird hearing Mako speak so angrily and harshly as Aku. It's like if Iroh turned evil!
Firelord Iroh- the way Azulon wanted
That iroh is complete opposite of aku
starsong124 i feel like Fire Lord Iroh wouldn’t be evil tbh.
Iroh was Fire Lord for a day. Today will be Tea day.
I watched Samurai Jack before ATLA, so it freaked me out hearing Aku being so kind!
I noticed a very slight difference in season 3 in his voice but I just assumed they were using better microphones. I guess that’s why they didn’t let him talk much because they wanted it to be less noticeable. Now “little soldier boy” seems even sadder to me as that was one of his last episodes.
They had stated before that he was originally going to remain silent for awhile and it wasn’t because of the voice change
Him singing Leaves From the Vine was his last work. He cried in the booth
@@BlueDebut Mako's last work in Avatar was the season 2 finale (voice actors usually do their work in advance). His tribute was added in the Tales of Ba Sing Se episode because he died before it aired.
@@BlueDebut that's a heartwarming myth actually. He had completed all of season 2 before he passed.
@@RealWolfmanDan he still cried because he knew he was going to die soon. And that may have not been his last work, but it was one of his last works.
"Ooooh that was the OLD Aku, this, is the NEW Aku"
It's like Aku was self aware
I have to admit, when I heard Uncle Iroh's voice in the 3rd season, I did notice something was off, but it wasn't until now that I realized there were two different voice actors. I'm so happy they found someone able to do such justice to Mako's legacy as Iroh.
Greg is pretty much able to do 90% of mako's voice. Its as close as anyone can get without being mako himself.
the 10% lost are things that would be only possible with his voice, the coarseness of aku's voice as mako strains his throat slightly, and the warmth of iroh's voice as he speaks.
No amount of practice or imitation could ever recreate those things, gregs voice is functionally a perfect imitiation within the bounds what an imitation is and not just literally having his voice
RIP Mako I wish you were alive to see Samurai Jack's ending I am so glad they paid homage to you by playing the old intro.
Mako Iwamatsu 12/10/1933-7/21/2006
What's even sadder is Mako didn't see Zuko change for the better.
Dhivaan Salig well he did read the script so probably he did
@@yousefsh7949 it's good that he doesn't know about the live action movie, they did Uncle Iroh dirty.
@@_phong.huynh_ there is no movie in ba sing se
Greg is no Mako, but he's still good. Hey - if you can't get perfection, get the next best thing.
TheDarthDestruktor I think he is perfection. When a legend dies, one must rise to replace him: Greg did exactly that.
Mako's madness in his voice, i miss it
Yeah man season 1 ep 20 where he yelled at Zhao shit was so badass
Not very well known but Greg Baldwin was actually the student of Mako. A very fine student he was, and upheld the legacy of Mako very well.
It's not very well known cause it's a lie. Greg never met Mako. He did meet his daughter and his grandson once though after a recording session and the daughter hugged him and said "It's like he was back".
man the gaslighting and lies never stop lol. They never met.
@@JagoShogun I can say the same thing about you annoying fans who keep gatekeeping Mako and hating on Greg for no reason lmao.
I agree, Greg Baldwin sounds very similar to Mako's performances as both Aku and Iroh. I could hardly tell the difference! It's just like in the Toy Story movies, after Slinky Dog's original actor Jim Varney died, his close friend Blake Clark took his place in Toy Story 3 and sounded very similar to him.
John Sullivan I didn't even know that!
John Sullivan It's also like The Lion King. Jim Cummings had to finish the song "Be prepared" after Jeremy Irons messed his vocal cords when shouting "you wont get a sniff without me!" Cummings sounded way similar.
+Fullmetal Gamer: Indeed he did. One can hear the difference if you know to listen for it, but if you don't know about them switching voices there, you don't really think about it. Cummings has a much smoother voice than Irons, and that's pretty much the only difference. He really did a great job of imitating Irons's style.
Yeah agreed they do sounds slight different and yeah...
And did *JP Sulley* actually made pp yourself?
Even Genndy said it that nobody can replace Mako.
When I watched Samurai Jack as a kid and saw Aku and his voice I was scared as a puppy. I will never forget that experience. RIP Mako!
Cyricz m
I miss Mako, I grew up listening to him, and was sad when he died in the middle of season 2. His voice is one of a kind, Greg does a great and valiant job sounding like him.
I notice the difference between Mako and Greg in their respective portrayals of Aku. It's a very, very minute difference and doesn't make me enjoy it any less, but I do think Mako brought just a little extra spice to the part.
Oh definitely. That more coarse, aged Asian voice brought out the accented words much better than Baldwins. But Greg is doing a really good job.
The main issue with Greg's Aku is that it seems like Greg is struggling to reach those higher pitches. Greg sounded much better during Aku's therapy scene, as Aku was using a more calmer, Iroh type voice. Greg just needs a little more shout in his voice, and needs a scene where he's trolling Jack.
Well, the thing is Greg's Aku is meant to be a bit more depressed, and you can hear it in the way he speaks. Shouting in his voice would only ruin the idea that Aku is kind of depressed at the idea that Jack is still in the future and won't die naturally.
How did he do during the trolling Jack scene?
He did much better
I'd say he nailed it, sounds just like the old aku would say
Greg certainly pulled a troll Aku during the most recent episode of Samurai Jack, when Aku pulled Jack out of the portal.
Literally only just discovered they were two different voice actors. Wow, he nailed it.
Gennedy originally thought to make an all new voice for Aku for the recent season. However, he eventually decided to try to match the original Aku.
However, I wouldn't be surprised if he instructed Greg to make it his own as well. Iroh was straight up duplication, while Aku is certainly different, yet similar. I'm fairly certain this might have been on purpose. Kind of like a "look, we'll never fully replace Mako. We might as well make it unique while at the same time similar."
In the end, it's Aku. Sort of a different voice, but it's certainly still Aku.
I'm kinda glad they went this way.
TVJUNK85 Me too. Although I would've loved it much more if thay cast Mark Hamill as Aku. He would've been a perfect casting choice for season 5. But I'm satisfied with Greg Baldwin, too.
Last year, Phil Lamar stated that during a recording session for Season 5, Mako's daughter and grandson came in to the studio and heard Greg Baldwin's Aku, his daughter said it sounded very much like Mako's Aku. That to me was enough to accept Baldwin as the new Aku.
I was just thinking Hamill would have been better too. He did a good job with the accent in ATLA and has that gruff throaty-ness that Greg is missing.
Mako's Iroh has a certain sound that you can hear, like a slight whisper. Greg's seems a bit thicker, but it is very very close as it should be since he trained under him. Aku's voice, yeah you can hear the difference, but it's not completely bad. He added his own spin, but still honoring Mako which I think is important to note. Greg can copy him, sure, but he doesn't just copy, he pays respect in doing so. I think that's the difference.
The two voices sound exactly the same. It’s pretty awesome how Greg Baldwin made his voice sound similar to Mako. Well done Greg Baldwin. RIP Mako.
I didn't realize they are using a different actor for Aku in the latest season. Greg Baldwin does a fantastic job!
Yeah, unfortunately Mako passed away during the production of Avatar: The Last Airbender. RIP :(
Wyatt Tyson Yeah the main reason why Samurai Jack suddenly stopped production over the past couple years was because Mako passed away and they couldn't find someone better to replace him at the time
Are you serious? U didnt notice a difference? Wow ur a total moron huh?
@@sureiguess1 I didn't notice it either. So yup we're morons hehe
Mako's voice sounds more natural maybe because it's his real voice but greg's Iroh is more stiff but either way he did a great job as Iroh
I never knew this at all til I watched this video. People would normally have the characters not exist nomore or would write down a plot that they just disappear after the original voice actors pass away or quit and they would continue the seasons and episodes without them. I’m just soo happy they found someone who can do uncle iroh’s voice and can continue his journey, he was an amazing uncle that anyone could ask for in real life. Thank u avatar creators❤️😭
RIP Mako along with the other voice actors who made our childhood great🙏🏼🕊💕
Mako passed away just 1 day after my 5th birthday-July 21.2006 . It was a hard time for me cuz he played Aku. One of my fav. CN of all time. RIP Mako Iwamatsu July 21. 2006. You will be missed ;_;
Same that after was my 5th birthday too. We have the same birthday lol
Happy early birthday
I didn't even notice Iroh's voice changed man! He does a good impression
A person can never 100% replicate an accent that isn’t theirs but he does a damn good job of it!
Anyone else notice iroh didn't speak for the first like 3 or 4 episodes of book 3 when he was in his cell?
mostly for the show I think, I dont think they would continue if he was supposed to talk
Of course Greg Baldwin is indeed a worthy successor to Mako Iwamatsu as both Iroh and Aku.
Mako will always be the best, but I think Greg fits the new depressed Aku
I did notice him sounding different at the part this video shows but to me it fit well because it sounds like him taking in the seriousness of the situation where he was more light hearted in other seasons. The voice actor nailed it
I always knew iroh sounded a bit different in season 3 and in Korra, just didn’t know it was cause of a different voice actor. RIP to mako he’s always be my favorite voice of iroh :(
Haha I asked about this the other day! Mako is the best, but the other actor is really good too.
Dude your a Spidey,a Sonic and an Avatar Fan? Why aren't there more people like you in my country?:(
Khalil Actually, i only came here for Samurai Jack
C.Funk99 who's that? ._.
Khalil The show where Aku is from.
People should know who Samurai Jack is by now.
Mexican Aku is ok I guess. RIP Mako
No such thing as Mexican Aku.
He sounds like he has a yiddish accent.
Samurai Jack se dobló en Venezuela.
Hes just white. lol
Greg did a wonderful job with Uncle Iroh, you almost can't tell the difference between them. It's noticeable with Aku, not that I don't think Greg is trying. He may still improve by the time Samurai Jack Season 5 ends.
I wouldn't mind seeing another video like this, comparing characters voiced by Paul Winchell and his understudy Jim Cummings.
JCBro2014 Jim Cummings also perfected Sterling Holloway's voices as well when he took over both Kaa & Winnie the Pooh
JCBro2014 Actually the difference between the 2 Irohs is very noticeable looking back
Greg Baldwin did an amazing job capturing Iroh. I didn't even know they had an actor switch. Rest in peace Mako.
I can tell the difference when they're put side by side, but I would never have noticed it otherwise
Mako's voice sounds natural, Greg sounds kinda just reading with a throat needs to clear. (Ehemmm)
Because Mako was an actual elderly Japanese man 😂
Mako, no offense but if you're out there reading or hearing this?
Then one of these days I'mma need to beat the living crap out of your fans for being total crappy professional jerks to Greg for no reason.
Honestly, I think he's the perfect understudy and sounds like Mako down to a T to the point that if you didn't know who Mako was or that he passed away then you wouldn't notice a change. At least with Iroh.
I think the same can be said for Aku, BUT, oddly, I think that counts mostly for all of Aku's dialogue in Se5ep2 that comes AFTER the cut off point in this video. Because all the dialogue leading UP to the cut off point, as in all the example that was used in this very video, that is where he sounds similar but different. Why? Maybe because he was getting back into it? Who knows?
But if you'd compared all the lines AFTER this cut off point, you know, the lines where he's giving himself therapy, then that would have sounded very identical to Mako. :P
As a child I never knew there was 2 different voice actors. While side by side you can hear the difference, Greg still always feels like Iroh.
Rest In Peace Makoto Iwamatsu
1933-2006 you will be missed sad cat thumbs up
Much respect for Greg for a job well done, but Mako NAILS IT. The subtle inflections and nuances in his voice are unmistakable and unique
I never noticed Iroh’s voice actor switch, Iroh is one of my favourite characters, just shows how good the 2nd voice actor was at his voice
Its so subtle the difference. Mako has a heavy bass to his voice that Greg seems to couldnt reach, but its really slight. Also the slight way Mako emphasized his lines is another thing.
Mako also has a little gurgle in his voice at times that’s hard to describe that Greg doesn’t have 😅
In honor of Mako
Mako's Aku sound much more raspier villainy while Greg sounds more like a pirate
I just watched through the entire Last Airbender show and never once even thought that Iroh had a different voice actor; Greg put so much respect and care into replicating the vocal performance of Mako that it was seamless, but they all did something wonderful with Little Soldier Boy, leading me to search up who Mako is (And getting confused with a result from Korra, but I eventually figured it out), and found out how much more impactful that song was. I cried when it was Iroh just singing it for his lost son, but now it hits even harder. Beautiful.
This is freaking scary how similar their voices are i didn't know it was two voices actors for one character
The two actors are different. It is wrong to say Baldwin isn't Mako. We all know he isnt. But he tries to do justice to the man he studied under. That is all a teacher requires of his/her students. That they live up to their potential.
I truely respect the second voice of iroh for making it his own while paying homage to mako iwamatsu
Rest in peace Mako Imawatsu
I had no idea until now. Greg Baldwin did well matching Mako's voice. I've read a comment saying that: "Leaves form the Vine" was also one of the last things Iroh's voice actor did before he died of cancer.
I have much respect for Greg, he did such a great job recreating Mako wise and soothing voice. He also has much respect for Mako
I think Greg is as good as you can get for an impersonator and I think Mako is fortunate to have Greg finish his roles. That being said Mako is one of the best voice actors I've heard. When he speaks like Iroh I feel safe and warm inside, but when he speaks like Aku he sounds like more diabolical and sadistic than any Firelord. We miss you Mako, please come marching home 🍂
Bro i did not know the voice changed…and it’s been like 12 years 💀
Im crying of that song “leaves from the vine, falling so slow”
We all remember that one episode...
Tales of Ba Sin Se?
I saw it a couple days ago and I'm still getting over it
Didn't notice a difference as a child untill I went on Google mid rewatch.
Damn, that's impressive! Mako has an iconic and difficult to replicate voice, but this guy nailed it on the first character!
Rip Mako the original voice actor of General iroh.
Uncle Iroh
I like Greg Balwin as Iroh
and
I like Mako Iwamatsu as Aku
I can’t not cry on episode 14 of season 2 when iroh is singing leaves from the vine and ‘in honor of mako’ shows on the screen
Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile tiny shells
Drifting in the foam
Little soldier boy
Come marching home
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home
Just reading the lyrics of that sing still makes me tear up, even after all these years
@@remenencenda768 Same
Same
I NEVER KNEW WHY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAD
Such a beautiful song
No matter how the voices look like each other no one is ever going to replace mako... Rest in peace mako.😢🙏
i think gregs portrayal of aku got better as the season progressed, comparing it to the first time we hear him in the season to the last episode, i think he definitely sounded better, the change in voices was far too noticeable , not exactly like mako, but close enough
See watching legend of Korra again on Netflix this year I noticed Iroh sounded different. And now I come to release they had switched voice actors. RIP Mako 🙏🏼
Aku sounds like the one time Iroh yells which is when he tells Zuko to find who he is and what he wants. So weird to hear an "angry iroh"
respect for mako
2:50 He said it right there "new Aku". xD
I think Greg was a worthy pick for Aku; the difference is subtle but he sounds more Germanic/Russian than Iwamatsu. Overall I think he was a logical and well-chosen voice actor for the job
@K Ryuzaki
WELL DUH
Greg isn’t Asian 😂
It would be kind of hard to imitate an accent and such a big voice like Aku’s
He did a damn good job mirroring the original voice actor. I had no idea of the change until now, many years later. I've also seen some recent videos where the new actor seems to highly respect the original actor and acknowledges he's not the original.
Somehow makes me respect Iroh as a character more.
I didn't even notice the change when I watched this as a kid but I recently rewatched the show and I noticed that his accent changed a little, I thought that maybe the voice actor was trying something new with his pronounciation but the tone of Greg's Iroh's voice it's so similar to Mako's that it never crossed my mind they were different people
The natural way Mako’s voice held and gave some of the lines, as if they weren’t lines at all, and Iroh weren’t a part or even a fictional character at all, but one of Mako’s many inner voices. It reminded me of my grampa. It still does. But not exactly like my grandpa. More like a father figure I haven’t had, or met yet. Or maybe one I have, but as a different man.
He picked the right way to do the impression justice without mocking it
I always that Aku said "Where my Evil is Raw" not "Where my Evil is Law" whoops!
I first watched Avatar the last air-bender when I was 10 years old, then at 19 years old and finally today at 24 years old age. Everytime I watched the episode “In honour of Mako” I got super emotional...my tears were uncontrollable...and even worse the song that Iroh sang was extremely sorrowful 😔 i have to avoid hearing it if I’m watching an Avatar based video on YT or else my tears won’t stop 😭 I’m so glad I got to watch this show again on Netflix. And as a child you don’t understand how deep things in that show really were till you reach older age...and furthermore, if it wasn’t for netflix this show would have remained a memory...Thank you Dear Mako and thank you Uncle Iroh for making my childhood.💕😔
I just watched Mako’s tribute episode on Avatar and I was already crying just from the story about Uncle Iroh’s son, then I looked into who Mako was an about his death and now I am a wreck 😭😭😭. Leaves from the vine is a beautiful song. ❤
Greg sounds a little more constricted as if he was holding his teeth together while doing the voice, while Mako sounded more full, but Greg still did a fantastic job, didn't even notice until the side by side comparison.
Greg Baldwin gets the timbre and inflections down pretty much perfectly, but the delivery is noticeably smoother and more refined. You can hear the age and roughness in Mako's voice where Baldwin's rendition is ironically how I picture a younger Iroh would sound. A very good replacement all things considered though. I'm glad they did what they did instead of giving Iroh no dialogue for season 3.
When you hear them next to each other you can tell but if its apart its hard
It's crazy I never knew growing up that the voice actor changed. I always wondered who mako was at the end of tales of ba sing se but didn't have access to internet. I only noticed it years later when rewatching the last season. I could tell something was different with irohs voice but couldn't pinpoint what it was. I thought maybe it was just my hearing changing in the 16 years or so. Finally after rewatching it entirely when it came out on netflix did I realize it was a different actor. So sad when I found out it was due to passing away from cancer. Rip Mako san
Negative comments of Baldwins work is unjustified. He wasn't brought in because of cost cutting or the like, he came in because a great man passed away and he just tried to do him justice. Name someone who could have come in and done better. I'll wait.
He was near flawless as Iroh, but Pgirts' Aku takes the cake
I got to meet Greg Baldwin at a panel at sci fi valley con and he told us the story how he got a soundtrack to a show when he was young and Mako was the lead in the show. So he unknowingly was working on an impression of mako for about 30 years.
And he talked about how terrified he was taking the reins of a big character like Iroh as well as replacing the legend Mako was. And I don’t remember if it was his first day recording as Iroh or Aku but Mako’s daughter and Grandson were there (no pressure) and when he started she was sobbing because as Greg put it “even a serviceable impression of her father gave her the feeling he was briefly back from the dead”.
"Brave soldier boy, come marching home," -mako iwamatsu
everyone gangsta until they start singing Uncle Iroh leaves from the vines.
When I was a kid, I thought I noticed a difference but I just brushed it off. However, rewatching the series in quarantine, I found out that Greg continued avatar in the last few bits of the show. RIP Mako 🙏.
Greg did a fantastic job! Unfortunately I have perfect pitch and I can clearly hear the difference in the tonal quality of their voices even as a kid. When ATLA season 3 came I was curious as to why Iroh sounded so strange to me but shrugged it off. Rip Mako and again, great job to Greg!
No you can’t
Greg is every bit a worthy successor to Mako, and I am happy the latter's family thinks so too.
the only reason i notice the differences so much is because i quite literally watch the whole show once a week. it’s my comfort show and has gotten me through some rough times, especially uncle iroh. thanks mako for making such a lovable and iconic character
Such a great imitation of his voice, but Mako's just got something sentimental about his voice that can't be replicated.
I've never heard of such a perfect imitation of a voice, that is amazing like 98% perfect, amazing.
Perhaps this is one of the many reasons Iroh didn’t have a bigger role in book 3???
Zuko in the book was alone for most of the time n needed to be to make his own choices to have his redemption of a character so it was gonna happen anyway.
I knew they changed voice actors but I always thought it was only during LoK. I didn't know he had a different voice actor in ATLA book 3 that's amazing! You can tell the difference s bit in LoK but in ATLA B3 it's identical!
I’m here in 2024 because I rewatched the animated ATLA realizing the scene iron cried and sang for his son that he actually died in in real life during season two and that a new voice actor was placed for season 3 🥹🥹
RIP
Mako Iwamatsu
(1933-2006)