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"Because Vic Mignogna loves the ladies, and the ladies love Vic Mignogna."
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Vic Mignogna ("min-NYA-na", short "a"'s) is a voice actor who has managed to make himself quite a niche in the Anime community. Vic started out as everyone's favorite Badass reasonable height-wise person Ed Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, the 2003 anime adaptation of the manga by the same name, and quickly garnered a loyal fanbase. He's one of those guys that you just can't pigeonhole due to the diversity of his roles (though he tends to play blonds). Also happens to be quite the professional singer and songwriter, with several anime songs under his belt as well as a few albums (he even helped produce a few tracks on DC Talk's debut album!).
Aside from inventing the Lucky Dance song for the English dub of Bleach (where he plays Ikkaku Madarame), he and FMA co-star Aaron Dismuke formed their own "fanbase incarnate" in the form of the Risembool Rangers, which occasionally follow them from con to con. Travis Willingham's Miniskirt Army is known to be their rival. He was seen enjoying Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series creator Little Kuriboh doing a spoof of Vic (along with Dan Green and Johnny Yong Bosch), and also narrated the commercial for Sakura Con (GIRUGAMESH!). Has now moved permanently to California to pursue more varied roles and other opportunities outside FUNimation.
The spectre of sexual harassment charges loomed over Mignogna for decades, which came to a head in 2019. Following the release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, numerous allegations were brought against Mignogna by colleagues, fans, convention staff and guests. Since then, Mignogna's roles have been recast while he himself proceeded not to receive any new roles, resulting in his attempt to launch a defamation lawsuit, one that went nowhere. The movement against Mignogna was known as "#KickVic" and was met by the right-wing leaning "#IStandWithVic" movement, whose supporters deny that he sexually harassed anyone and/or believe that he was targeted and kicked out of Hollywood for his conservative/Christian beliefs.
Notable roles by Vic Mignogna:[]
- Akechi Mitsuhide in the Sengoku Basara anime and Samurai Warriors 3
- Alph in Luminous Arc
- Broly in Dragonball Z (The story for how he got this role is rather interesting...)
- Burter in Dragonball Z Kai
- Also sang the English version of the Kai opening.
- Dark Mousy in D.N.Angel
- E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series starting from Sonic Colors
- Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Arguably, his most famous role. And then in 2007, he met Ed's Japanese voice-over actor Romi Park. Awww....)
- Fai D. Flourite in Tsubasa Chronicle
- Femio in Princess Tutu
- Gawl in Generator Gawl (First lead role in an anime).
- Giant fairy Pepperoni in the Mana Khemia 2 Fall of Alchemy game (who, ironically, hates being called large).
- Gigolo in Devil Survivor Overclocked.
- Goemon in the Legend of the Mystical Ninja anime.
- Greece in Axis Powers Hetalia
- Hikaru Ichijo in Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach
- Jabu in Saint Seiya
- Junpei Iori in Persona 3
- Kurz Weber in Full Metal Panic
- King of Demons in Shuffle (with Travis Willingham as the King of Gods)
- Luciano Bradley in Code Geass
- Mamoru from RahXephon
- Mao in Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice and Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories.
- Mard Geer from Fairy Tail.
- Obito Uchiha, Nagato, and Cee in Naruto
- Yomi in Naruto Shippuden: The Movie
- Rigardo in Claymore
- Rom Ro in Heroic Age
- Spirit Albarn in Soul Eater
- Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club
- Walnut in Phantom Brave: We Meet Again
- Yoshimori Sumimura in Kekkaishi
- Yukito Kunisaki and Sora in AIR
- Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in Vampire Knight
- The Narrator and two merchants in Fallout Nuka Break
Tropes about his roles and Vic himself:[]
- Big Brother Mentor: To Aaron Dismuke, which is a case of Life Imitates Art and Intergenerational Friendship.
- Berserk Button: What Ed, Ikkaku, Tamaki, Mao, and Broly all have in common.
- Bishonen: Most of his roles.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: His Broly voice is impressive, but hurts so much he rarely does it anymore. He was extremely dismayed once, after having thought he was done with the roles after the movies, had to do Broly's voice for the video games.
- Christian Rock: Some of his recorded songs could qualify as this if they actually got airplay on Christian Rock stations. Examples include "Could Be an Angel" and "Nothing I Wouldn't Give"
- Mr. Fanservice: Besides voicing them, he himself is an example. He has a gigantic fan following of girls that pretty much watch whatever he's in.
- Large Ham: He has played several, but Broly is the most notable.
- Mr. Anime-Cosplayer Guy: How ironic is it that one of the Real Fans Of Genius videos is about this, and Vic has cosplayed as several characters himself (recently donning the Cross Academy uniform to reveal his role as Zero)!
- Man of a Thousand Voices: He has a wide vocal range.
- This can be best seen in his live-action appearances in Fallout Nuka Break, where he plays the Narrator (in his best Ron Perlman impression) and two different merchants.
- Mundane Made Awesome: One of his songs, "The Legend of Middle Tennessee", is a mock-heroic account of how he won a dodgeball game against Travis Willingham.
- Older Than They Look: Can you even believe he's in his late 50s?
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- Red Shirt: His song "Soldier A" is a tribute to them.