Live Magazine June Edition - Spider-Man!

YOUR INTERVIEW SAY
A SUPA INTER
Paul: I am sitting here, at Supanova
Melbourne with with the one and
only Vic Mignogna.
Vic: Hey.
Paul: I hope that’s how it’s pronounced.
(Min-ya-na)
Vic: Oh yes! You nailed it! You nailed
it Paul.
Paul: Haha, I practiced!
So, Broly from Dragonball!
Vic: Haha.
Paul: You’ve been in over 200 different
series.
Vic: Oh, 300.
Paul: 300 now.
Vic: Oh yeah.
Paul: I’ve been trying to interview
you for quite some time, but every
time I nearly do you do more work,
so there’s just such a long list of
things to talk about.
Vic: Haha, well, thank god. That’s a
very fortunate problem to have, so
I’m very grateful.
Paul: It is. Now the first thing I noticed,
when I was lining up today
for autographs was your fanbase.
You have a massive fanbase who
love you, and you get out there, you
interact with them, you give them
hugs and you talk to them all individually...
Vic: I love them.
Paul: And they love you!
Vic: I am so profoundly grateful for
the fact that people have enjoyed
the work that I’ve done. The anime
fans are, in my estimate, probably
the most enthusiastic, supportive,
kind fans, and so I want to make
sure that they all know how much
they mean to me and how grateful I
am for the privilege to do what I do.
So I would be remiss not to share
that with them.
Paul: And Australian fans, because
you’ve been here quite a few times.
Vic: Oh my gosh! I love Australia so
much! I think the first time I came
here was 10 plus years ago, to Supanova,
and ever since I have just
really, really cherished every chance
to come back, and I am continually
amazed and humbled by the turnout.
The fans are so supportive
and enthusiastic. I look for any excuse
to come back here. I love it.
And the people that run Supanova
are the best. I mean, they’re among
the best in the world. I do a lot of
conventions and there aren’t many
conventions that do it as well, or
certainly any better than Supanova.
Paul: Certainly not. Now, I wanted
to address a couple of different series.
You’ve been in 300 roughly...
Vic: Mmm, hmm...
Paul: So let’s just talk about a couple
of them...
Vic: Sure...
Paul: So you are probably best
known to Dragonball fans as Broly,
the legendary super saiyan. What
are your feelings on the character?
It’s a little bit of a mixed bag with
fans. Some people think the was
just a muscle bound beefcake who
pretty much just said “KAKKAR-
OT!!”
Vic: Hahaha. You know what? I’ve
been very fortunate that fans, at
least the DBZ fans that I’ve met
really like Broly. I mean, he doesn’t
have a very intricate personality.
He doesn’t have many facets to
his character. He’s a bad dude and
wants to cause trouble, but the DBZ
fans have really embraced him. In
fact I wish I had a nickel for every
time somebody said “why don’t
they bring Broly into the prime universe?”
You know, “why don’t they
make him part of the prime universe?”
I would love that. My feeling
about the character is that it’s really
hard to do, it’s very hard on my
voice, physically, because it’s very