Japanese voice actress, Junko Hori, who voiced Akuma-kun/Beezle in the 1981 (Unico aka The Fantastic Adventures of Unico) film, passed away on November 18, 2024 at 89. Production Baobab made the announcement on November 25. Hori was born on February 2, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan, and longed to be an actress from an early age. She secretly joined
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