Lawrence Simpson, better known as MasakoX is a British voice actor, parody artist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on DragonBall Z Abridged where he portrays Goku and Gohan, and formerly Master Roshi. He has also started a six-part series on TGWTG.com about voice acting called MasaVox. He also plans on creating a second season of the show while lending his voice to the various TeamFourStar projects.[1] He attended the University for the Creative Arts from 2005 to 2008, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Screen Arts. Aside from his involvement in TFS, he has also worked as a freelance video editor and graphic designer.[2] He also voiced Herr Doktor in Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.
In addition to this, he has also created Naruto: The Abridged Series and the audio manga series Dragon Ball R&R.
Trivia
- MasakoX's username is based on Japanese voice actress Masako Nozawa who, like MasakoX himself, voices Goku and Gohan.
- Masako's initial casting as both Goku and Master Roshi mirrors that of the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z that he grew up with, as Ian Corlett and Peter Kelamis played both characters during the Saiyan and Namek sagas respectively.
- Rumors say that MasakoX based his goku's voice of not only Ian but also Peter and Kirby
- MasakoX has a father and an older brother; they don't talk to him due to his love of [redacted].
- MasakoX also made Dragon Ball discussions on his channel, including the other dubs, fan mangas, video games, and more.
- In MasakoX's video review on episode 73 of Dragon Ball Super, he ended up admitting that he had a crush on Videl when he was 15 years old.
- His character Paata actually originated before even the Pathfinder Campaign and Xenoverse 2 since MasakoX had already created him in an old Dragon Ball DND Campaign with his friends Vegeta3986 and Lioncore years before doing abridged series.
- He reprised his role of Goku in ScrewAttack's Death Battle series where Goku fought against Superman in two separate fights, as well as the advertisement for another episode.
- MasakoX along with LittleKuriboh did a crossover review with internet reviewer Nostalgia Critic on the movie "Dragonball Evolution". He also portrayed Goku in the live-action gag using his Goku voice from DBZA.
- He has also made his own slice-of-life Dragon Ball fan series parody called Dragon Ball R&R which is based around the concept of Raditz turning good and stars him and his daughter Ranch.
References
- ↑ http://teamfourstar.com/cast-info/ (retrieved May 2016)
- ↑ Lawrence Simpson on LinkedIn.