Germano Longo dead, goodbye to the historic voice actor of Jigen in Lupine III

In the last few hours, the actor, voice actor and dubbing director died Germano Longoknown by fans of Japanese animation for lending his voice to the character of Daisuke Jigen in The Adventures of Lupine III in the first historical dubbing and of the Commander Gandal in UFO Robot Grendizer.

Born in Poggiardo, Longo attended the Experimental Center of Cinematography in Romegraduating in 1953. He was very active in genre cinema, particularly in that peplumd ‘adventure e of the spaghetti western. As mentioned at the beginning of the article, German Longo is best known for his voice acting activity, having lent the voice of him Daisuke Jigen in The Adventures of Lupine III.

In his voice acting activity, German Longo also distinguished himself for having lent his voice to Mr. Marlows in Cat’s Eyes, a Mamoo in the film Lupine III – The stone of wisdom (in the first dubbing dubbing) e Yen Sid in Epic Mickey – Mickey’s Legendary Challenge and Epic Mickey 2: The Adventure of Mickey and Oswald. Furthermore, Longo was the Narrator in Fantasia (in the 1986 dub) and dubbed Wick And Alexander in the classic Disney Pinocchio from 1940.

Died at the age of 89 years oldGermano Longo has a long acting career behind him, which has seen him collaborate with Luca Ronconi in the television drama Orlando furioso and with Vittorio de Sica in the film The sunflowers.

In conclusion, we can do nothing but extend our deepest condolences to all the friends and family of Germano Longo.