Years later, he is revealed to be the father of Videl, the would-be love interest of Gohan, and is still revered throughout the world of Dragon Ball as a hero. In spite of this, he is given credit for Cell's death by the media and celebrated as a hero. Satan attempts to fight Cell but is swatted away in one hit.
According to his backstory, once Goku and his companions stop attending the World Martial Arts Tournament, he starts winning the annual World Martial Arts Tournaments and becomes the reigning champion for many years. Satan first appears during the Cell Games as a preening challenger of Cell. In English, he is voiced by Don Brown in the Ocean dub, and Chris Rager in the Funimation dub.Īppearances Dragon Ball Z then by Unshō Ishizuka until his death in 2018, with Masashi Ebara being the current voice. Satan was voiced by the Daisuke Gōri in Japan until his death in 2010. In the Philippines, the character is known as Master Pogi. However, when they recorded a new dub for uncut home video releases, they switched to using the original Mr. In their initial dub of the series, Funimation changed his name to Hercule. In North America he is known as Hercule in some English language dubs for the Dragon Ball Z anime, as well as the localized English manga published by Viz Media. Satan is renamed in media translated for international audiences in some parts of the world. ĭue to negative cultural connotations surrounding his namesake, Mr. His spouse is never named or discussed within the series, though Toriyama suggested that she was a beautiful singer named "Miguel" (ミゲル, migeru), essentially his angelic counterpart based on the notion of an unconventional marriage between both characters.
In keeping with the naming convention of related Dragon Ball characters after puns with a common theme, his daughter Videl's name is an anagram of the word devil. Toriyama also noted that the character is from a cultural region which does not use surnames. In another interview, Toriyama revealed that his real name is Mark ( マーク, Māku), a pun on the Japanese word akuma (悪魔), which refers to a malevolent demonic spirit in Japanese folklore.
Satan is a ring name akin to an in-ring persona or character used by real-life professional wrestlers.
Series creator Akira Toriyama explained that Mr. Satan is a popular character with fans of the Dragon Ball series since his introduction, and is generally well received by critics as an effective comic relief character. Satan, and both characters continue to make recurring appearances as supporting characters in the series. After aiding series protagonist Goku in vanquishing the evil incarnation of Buu, the benevolent incarnation moves in with Mr.
Years later, he befriends the primordial being Majin Buu and convinces him of the error of his murderous way, leading Buu to expel his evil tendencies which become a different lifeform altogether. Within the series, he is a flamboyant and incompetent martial artist who becomes a world-renowned hero after he fallaciously claimed credit for the defeat of the villainous Cell. Created by Akira Toriyama, he first appears in Chapter 393 of the Dragon Ball manga entitled "The New Kami-sama", originally published in Issue 44 of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 6, 1992. Satan ( ミスター・サタン, Misutā Satan), known as Hercule in certain edited versions of the English dub and in Viz's English manga, is a character from the Dragon Ball media franchise. Weekly Shōnen Jump #44 - "The New Kami-sama" (1992)