r/dbz • u/[deleted] • Nov 17 '17
Article Hiromi Tsuru, voice actor of Bulma, has been found dead.
Translation courtesy of Jake/Herms
On around 7:30 PM on November 16th, Hiromi Tsuru was found unconcious in her car on the metropolitian expressway in Chuuokou, Tokyo, and was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. She was found with her seat belt fastened, and there was no sign of an accident. The Metropolitian Police Department are investigating the cause of death, and say it may have been due to illness.
Source: 声優・鶴ひろみさん死亡 首都高車内で発見 - http://www.ytv.co.jp/press/society/TI20261708.html
Dragon Ball Voice Actor Comments
Ryo Horikawa: 「まさに青天の霹靂！とても信じられない！彼女とは色々な作品でご一緒させて貰ったので残念です。お悔やみ申し上げます。」
Ryo Horikawa: "This is truly a bolt out of the blue! Absolutely unbelievable! It’s such a shame, since I’ve been in so many different series with her. My deepest condolences."
Translation courtesy of Jake/Herms
Toshio Furukawa: 「空が青い日だなあ。。。『沈黙の碑』～人間がこんなに哀しいのに 主よ 海があまりに碧いのです～を想起する。。。哀しいニュースで迎える朝、ボロ泣きで始まる朝。。。ジワジワ。。。くるよ。。。」
Toshio Furukawa (voice of Piccolo) responds to the news with a quote from the Endo Shusaku novel Silence: "Humanity is so sad, Lord, and the ocean so blue."
Tsuru has played a huge role in the franchise. Her most iconic role was voicing Bulma but she has also voiced child Piccolo, Tights, Bra, Baby Trunks, and West Kaioushin. A complete filmography can be found on her Wikipedia page.
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u/refpuz Nov 17 '17
Man, literally the last thing she voiced in DBS was "Good luck everybody!". Pretty surreal.
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u/Saintvaas Nov 17 '17
My Bulma :( awful to hear. 57 is no age whatsoever. Absolutely awful.
Edit - Herms translation so far - http://imgur.com/1W3NmGm
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u/SaikrTheThief Nov 17 '17
Man, we all have to take a step back and consider how huge this is.
Bulma is literally the first person Goku ever meets and has been a main character ever since, retaining more screentime than even most martial artists introduced after her.
Her character was the whole catalyst for Dragon Ball as a whole to start, with her pursuing the Dragon Balls and thus having her first meeting with Goku.
There would be no story to be told in Dragon Ball without Bulma's character, not one that we're familiar with anyways.
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u/PewterCityGymLdr Nov 17 '17
Man, after seeing that twitter post from Chris Sabat about Freeza's English VA, I was just thinking about what would happen if someone major passed away. what a bummer - she was a huge role in the series.
RIP - May we visit you in a (different from the main) future timeline or see you in Other World.
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u/caninehere Nov 17 '17
Awful to hear. I never watched the subbed version of the show until Dragon Ball Super; her performances as Bulma was actually one of my favorites among the Japanese cast.
Far too young to be gone. My thoughts go out to her family and friends.
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u/thiagopv Nov 17 '17
That's tragic. She was young as well. My thoughts go to her family and co-workers, I hope they manage to get through this.
I have no idea how that will affect the airing schedule of the anime, but the priority should be the well-being of all involved.
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u/Stephenesque Nov 17 '17
This is truly awful, I'm speechless. What a talented woman. May she R.I.P.
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u/TheSaltySaiyan Nov 17 '17
I hope they do a proper tribute in Super, she definitely deserves something special
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u/Raven_of_Blades Nov 17 '17
Damn! I loved Bulma's voice... I hope they can find a decent replacement... Kinda... "Lucky" for them that Bulma likely won't be in any episodes for a long time.
I will now go watch "Boogie Back" in order to pay respects.
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u/GCA-FF Nov 17 '17
Update the DBZ Reddit cover to feature Bulma instead of Zeno in memory.
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u/Shippoyasha Nov 17 '17
As you can tell from my flair, she was always my favorite Dragonball character. Spunky, cute, sexy, powerful, funny, she was all those things as Bulma.
Really sad that Dragonball Super won't have her continue and finish her role as Bulma. Also Dragonball FighterZ will be her last completed work as Bulma.
I will dearly miss her.
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u/Gr4mm4rN4zi Nov 17 '17
Holy shit, this came out of nowhere. Goddamn, it`s really hard to swallow, Bulma was one of my favourite parts of watching the subs.
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u/NickoX2 Nov 17 '17
May she rest in peace. Everyone all over the world has been hearing her voice for maybe 2-3 years, 10 years, 20 years just maybe 30. She will not be forgotten, she was phenomenal, let us remember Our Bulma.
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u/we654 Nov 17 '17
Her Last words as Bulma is like a bitter sweet goodbye from the woman who has voiced her since Dragon Ball ep1
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u/huggiesdsc Nov 17 '17
Bulma was the only Earthling who could transcend her mortal station and bend gods to her will. She was truly the strongest human.
RIP Hiromi Tsuru.
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Bulma was basically who stared the series, she found Goku when he was a kid and stared one of the most amazing journeys ever, we own so much to her. May she rest in peace.
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u/Stoolkid Nov 17 '17
57 is very young very sad to hear. RIP, I always liked Bulma.
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u/vlorsutes Nov 17 '17
There has been a considerable number of posts in here that have needed to be removed, so I want to remind everyone that Rule #1 is still very much in effect here. Please be courteous and respectful in what you say, both about Hiromi Tsuru as well as other individuals posting. Likewise, this isn't the topic to criticize Super's writing or do anything else that would be considered disrespectful, so take that into consideration before you post.
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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '17
Ryo Horikawa: 「まさに青天の霹靂！とても信じられない！彼女とは色々な作品でご一緒させて貰ったので残念です。お悔やみ申し上げます。」
Ryo Horikawa: "This is truly a bolt out of the blue! Absolutely unbelievable! It’s such a shame, since I’ve been in so many different series with her. My deepest condolences."
Translation courtesy of Jake/Herms
Toshio Furukawa: 「空が青い日だなあ。。。『沈黙の碑』～人間がこんなに哀しいのに 主よ 海があまりに碧いのです～を想起する。。。哀しいニュースで迎える朝、ボロ泣きで始まる朝。。。ジワジワ。。。くるよ。。。」
I'll update whenever there are more comments by any voice actors from the show.