Vic Mignogna

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Vic Mignogna

Birth name Victor Joseph Mignogna
Alias Vittorio Giuseppe Mignogna
Born August 27
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s) Voice Actor/Singer/Graphic Artist/Composer/Pianist/Director
Website Vic Mignogna's Official Website


Vic Mignogna's youtube account

Victor Joseph Mignogna (Italian Name: Vittorio Giuseppe Mignogna) (born August 27 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) is a prolific American voice actor who has done voice work for dozens of anime series, movies, and video games. Mignogna is best known for his dub role of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist. Vic has also had the honor of receiving an award for his work in anime. The American Anime Awards presented Vic an award for Best Actor in a lead role for his work in Fullmetal Alchemist/Macross.

Mignogna tried out for Bleach, and received the part of Ikkaku.[1][2] He also tried out for the parts of Monkey D. Luffy, the main character of One Piece, and Usopp for the FUNimation dub. Vic has also performed an English version of Byakuya ~True Light~ (Dark) from D.N.Angel, English versions of Hikari E, We Are!, and the eleventh ending, A to Z from One Piece, and an English version of Brothers, or Bratja, from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Mignogna is also one of the most featured voice-over actors on YouTube with over 1,000 videos featuring him or his songs. Mignogna also appeared on Star Search in 1993, singing a song called "Worth Waiting For". He has recently appeared in such shows as Aquarion, Pumpkin Scissors and Red Garden.He will also be reprising his role as Fai Flowright in the yet-to-be release 2nd season of Tsubasa Chronicle

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[edit] Fanbase

Vic Mignogna is a celebrity among fans of English anime dubs. His roles as characters such as Dark Mousy, Gawl Kudo, Edward Elric, and the evil Broly from the 3 Dragon Ball Z movies, along with his spirited interaction with his fans have earned him quite a following. He is a guest at many anime convention's around the world.

He has an official fanclub, "Risembool Rangers"[3] (named after Edward Elric's hometown in Fullmetal Alchemist), with 7,600+ members worldwide, including fellow voice actors Caitlin Glass and Scott McNeil. He hopes to reach over 10,000 fans. The group was founded in 2005. Vic's appreciation for his fans led to the creation of the short film Fullmetal Fantasy where he played Edward Elric.

There is a friendly rivalry between the Rangers and Travis Willingham's fan club, the Miniskirt Army. When both actors are at a convention together, the rangers set up a game of dodgeball between the two clubs.

He has stated in several interviews that he is also a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, and that voicing the part of Edward Elric was probably the most memorable role in his voice acting career. These statements were made at Fullmetal Alchemist panels at anime conventions.

Vic says that playing Broly from Dragon Ball Z put a strain on his voice and usually doesn't do any Broly quotes at conventions. A popular fan favorite is the "Short rant" by Edward Elric or the "Miniskirt Line", the line which he has said to have plagued him ever since he said it, and became an internet phenomenon.

Vic has teamed with Steven Blum in making audio clips titled "Real Fans of Genius," which parodies Budweiser's Real Men of Genius radio commercials. These anime-themed clips talk about various stereotypical fans of the anime world. To date, four official recordings have been released, which include "Mr. Anime Cosplayer Guy," "Ms. Bewildered Con Mother," and "Mr. Hallway Sleeper Guy." At Kawaii Kon 2007, Vic and Steve debuted a new live version made exclusively for the convention itself, entitled "Mr. Kawaii Kon Volunteer Worker Guy." He also did a similar, but renamed version for Otakon 2007 entitled "Mr. or Ms. Determined Otakon Attendee."

At anime conventions, Vic Mignogna takes great pains to leave a good impression of himself in the minds of his following. He enthusiastically greets his fans at conventions and spares a lot of time for autograph seekers. He also interacts with his guests by telling stories and doing character imitations. He said at the Toronto Anime Con recently that he is a huge anime fan since the days of Voltron and Speed Racer. At Acen he added on a 4 hour autograph session and an extra panel due to the overwhelming enthusiasm of the fans there.

[edit] Trivia

He likes raspberries, loves Battlestar Galactica, and is also a huge fan of the Star Wars movies and the Star Trek series. He hosts his own fan site called Lightsaberworld.com.[4] He also likes to cosplay, and appeared at Ikkikon 2008 wearing a Captain Kirk uniform from TOS complete with boots, pants and phaser set to "pocky".

[edit] Conventions

Upcoming cons:
Anime Mid-Atlantic
Virginia Beach, VA
Jun 13-15, 2008

Colossalcon
Cleveland, OH
Jun 26-29, 2008

Anime Expo
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 3-6, 2008


There have been a few accusations and rumors regarding that Vic had been banned from the Florida Conventions Anime Festival Orlando (AFO), MegaCon, and MetroCon. Vic Mignogna indicates these rumors are untrue. "For the record, I am not banned from any of those cons," Vic stated. "I have never been unpleasant to anyone at cons." Later, this letter was written by the director of MegaCon in order to clear things up:

To whom it may concern,

It has come to my attention that a false statement has been posted on the Wikipedia site. The post stated that Megacon has banned voice actor Vic Mignogna from their convention.

My name is Beth Widera and I am the Owner/Director of Megacon and I would like the readers of this post to know that it is a totally false statement. Megacon and its entire staff have nothing but the utmost respect for Vic Mignogna and have in fact invited him back for their 2009 show.

I don't know why someone would post something as hateful as this, but if that person happens to read this statement my hope would be that they would keep in mind the lives and feelings they affect when they make such false statements.

Sincerely, Beth Widera MegaCon PO Box 1097 Safety Harbor, FL 34695

[edit] Director, Producer

Vic has directed, filmed and edited many commercials for anime conventions. He sometimes recruits his fan club members to star in some of his vides as well. He made a fanfilm based on Fullmetal Alchemist, titled Fullmetal Fantasy, which he has not been allowed to release due to various legal reasons. Vic recently wrote and filmed his own World of Warcraft commercial, following in the footsteps of celebrities such as Mr T and William Shatner. He made a reference to Full Metal Alchemist (his character's job is Alchemy). Vic's character is an Undead Warlock.

He loves to direct, edit and photoshop and has his own home recording studio, where he produces his own CDs.

[edit] Filmography

Leading roles in bold

[edit] Anime roles

[edit] Documentaries

[edit] Video game roles

[edit] Music and CD's

He is active in church and created a recording of the Gospel of John from the Message version and created a CD of it played to piano which is available for free download on his [5] website.

Vic recently performed in the 'Voice's for Tolerance' concert, which was held at Anime Central 2008. The CD should be released in June, and he created a song called "Could be an Angel" for the event. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vic Mignogna talking about VIZ media at YouTube
  2. ^ Vic Mignogna and Kyle Hebert talking about Bleach at YouTube
  3. ^ Official Vic Mignogna Fan Website: http://risemboolrangers.com/
  4. ^ Vic's Star Trek fan site
  5. ^ Gospel of John download: http://www.risemboolrangers.com/gospeljohn.html
  6. ^ Voices for site: http://www.voicesfor.org/]

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