RIP Peter Fernandez - The voice of many legends died today

[Protoman]

Many of you don't know who Peter Fernandez is, but you know his voice and his work

Peter was one of the forefathers of bringing anime as well as asian live action material (via dubs) to our shores. He was not only the voice of Speed Racer and Racer X, but the script writer and voice director. He would go on to do the same for Astroboy, Gigantor (Known to others as Tetsujin 28), Star Blazer (Battleship Yamato), Lupin III, many Godzilla movies, Ultraman, Ultraseven, the list goes on and on. His last major role was playing the race commentator in the 2008 live action Speed Racer movie, a worthy nod.

He died today of lung cancer which he has been battling with the past 2 years.

I was lucky enough to meet the voice behind Racer X at Anime North 2007 along with Connie Orr (his long time co-worker during a lot of his dub work, the voice of Trixie, Spritle, ect).

Just a little sad today........ it sounds silly but if not for Speed Racer...... I don't think I would be racing today...... butterfly effect of my youth.

RIP Peter, you touched many hearts

[Team Jetfire]

R.I.P

[payton34]

R.I.P.

(He actually passed away 11 days ago)

[General Tekno]

RIP.

Speed Racer was before my time, but that's still no reason to not honor the guy.

[Nocturn]

[Ninjatron]

One of the all time legends, for certain.
He had a great career, and he never looked down on any of the work he did. It's sad that he's gone, but he lived to know the scope of the impact his work had.

Sayonara.