Anime News- R.I.P Bob Magruder

Hello everyone,

     So after a unique year of anime including all the new dubbed anime, I'm afraid that the start of 2015 happened to be with a passing.    

     On January 2 of 2015, actor Robert "Bob" Olin Magruder passed away from a brief illness. At the time this Korean War veteran was 82 years old. He served as an officer in the navy then became the writer for Armed Forces radio. It wasn't long after till he entered into the world of voice acting.



      Bob Magruder was best known for being the narrator for the Funimation English-dubbed version of Fairy Tail. But he wasn't just the narrator, he was also the one behind the voice for the big and powerful, fire-breathing dragon, Igneel.



      The Dub director, Tyler Walker, had this to say to Magruder's passing, " Bob was a great guy and an outstanding VO talent. I had the pleasure of working with him over the last few years, late into his career, and always found him to be cordial and professional, as well as candid and funny. Most of his work for me was as the narrator for almost two hundred episodes of a long running show. As soon as I heard him speak my ears came to attention, “That's the one!” I thought. “That's the voice of the show!” To my surprise, he not only gave voice to the kindly, grandfatherly narrator, but also the massive, fire-breathing, King of the Dragons, Igneel."  

                     Igneel

       For anyone who if curious, his other roles consisted in parts in One Piece as Captain Moore, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as Master Hawkeye, Soul Eater as Rasputin, Karneval as Healer, A certain magic index 2 as Pope Matthai Reese and Wolf Children as Uncle Doi.

   Rasputin

  Captain Moore 

A man that has served our country well and now has brought us some of our favorite character to life. Bob Magruder will be loved and Missed by all.

                                                             R.I.P Bob Magruder

                                  -Bethany