We tell you what we know about the death of Monica Villasenor, who gave voice to Android 18 -Dragon Ball Super character-, Tomoyo, Shaman King, and more.
Whoever gave life to characters in projects like ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘Sailor Moon’ passed away after.
The world of dubbing in Mexico is in mourning after the death at the age of 55 of Monica Villasenor, an actress who lent her voice for the most recent characterization of Android 18 in projects such as Dragon Ball Z: The Final Combat, Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters and Dragon Ball Super.
Who studied Dramatic Literature and Theater with a specialty in Directing at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) was fighting an illness, which has not been revealed, since last year. At that time, her retirement from Shaman King was announced, from the Netflix streaming platform, in which he gave life to the teenage version of Hao Asakura during an episode.
Her colleagues reacted to her death on social networks and did not hesitate to dedicate some farewell messages to him. Such is the case of Lalo Garza, with whom he shared in Dragon Ball, who uploaded a photo with the deceased. “ I have a very heavy heart. My Mony, friend, I know that nothing hurts now, that you are much better now and that you are happy to be reunited with Héctor, but your departure leaves us with a huge gap. We will miss you”.
At the moment the cause of her death has not been disclosed.
Who was Monica Villasenor?
The actress also dedicated part of her life to teaching at the undergraduate level at the Continental University, in addition to receiving the distinction as best director at the first “Manolo Fábregas” Independent Theater Festival.
Among the characters that popularized her career is Android 18, to which Tamoyo is added for Sakura Card Captors, Ciprin, Petirol, Jun Jun, Ami Mizuno, and Kou Seiya in the Sailor Moon franchise , Shaina for Knights of the Zodiac: The Hades Saga , Judy in Cowboy Bebop or Shiokaze Umino for The Maiden Squad .
Her name also appeared in the credits of The Sound of Music as Werner Von Trapp, in The Powerpuff Girls Z thanks to Cassey, or in The Power Dolls by Millicent “Millie” Evans. In animes like Hamtaro, Agent Aika and Naturo he also had a leading role with roles like Cerebrín, Bianca or Kujaku.
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