Dragon Ball's Masako Nozawa revealed her surprising impression of Piccolo from the series' early days:
✖ Masako Nozawa, the famous voice behind Goku, Gohan, and many more in the long running Dragon Ball anime has opened up about her surprising first impression of Piccolo in the early days of the series! Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise will be celebrating its massive 40th Anniversary in just a couple of years, and one of the coolest elements of the series is seeing how some of the major villains end up joining the fight with the heroes' side of things over the course of the story.
Piccolo was introduced to the series as the final major villains of the original Dragon Ball run, and although he eventually became one of Goku and Gohan's most trusted allies , it turns out that Piccolo was such a villain at first that the voice behind Goku, Masako Nozawa, revealed in a recent interview with Weekly Spa magazine that she really couldn't stand Piccolo.
As Nozawa explained in the interview , the star was so dedicated to her role during the recording of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero that she unknowingly ended up snubbing Hiroshi Kamiya during breaks. As she explained further, she was so dedicated that she couldn't stand Piccolo at first until he started revealing his kindness more and more through training Gohan.
Nozawa even notes how Toriyama gives the series' villains unexpected soft spots and fun quirks, and that's one of the major appeals of the series overall. It's hilarious to see just how far Piccolo has come in the series with not only fans, but apparently with the voice of Goku and Gohan herself. It goes to show how close she is to the franchise as a whole, and is yet another major reason to be excited for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as it heads to theaters in Japan this June.
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