An adventurous wild mouse called Gamba travels with his friends to see the ocean but he finds an injured mouse and hears about the violence of white ferret Noroi. Gamba decides to help the mice suffering under Noroi's tyranny.

Kenji Utsumi was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the self-founded Ken Production. He was married to fellow voice actress [Michiko Nomura](https://anilist.co/staff/101463/) until his death.

He was best known for his roles such as [Alex Louis Armstrong](https://anilist.co/character/2079/) in [Fullmetal Alchemist](https://anilist.co/anime/121/), [Genji Kamogawa](https://anilist.co/character/10156/) in [Hajime no Ippo](https://anilist.co/anime/263/), [Raoh](https://anilist.co/character/8738/) in [Fist of the North Star](https://anilist.co/anime/967/).

He received a lifetime achievement award at the third Seiyu Awards.

He passed away from peritoneal cancer on June 13, 2013.

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A movie version of Gamba no Bouken, covering the main events of the series in 90 minutes.
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An adventurous wild mouse called Gamba travels with his friends to see the ocean but he finds an injured mouse and hears about the violence of white ferret Noroi. Gamba decides to help the mice suffering under Noroi's tyranny.

Gamba, a town mouse with a brave, adventurous spirit decides to go on an adventure to discover the ocean. On his way, he meets a troubled child mouse, Chuta. He says his family and other mice have been killed by a clan of weasels living on a nearby island. Chuta asks a group of ship mice, the bravest of their kind, for help, but when they find out that the villain behind this event is the terrifying weasel-leader Noroi, they give up on helping Chuta. However seeing the hopeless Chuta, Gamba promises him to save the island, his family and the other mice. Gamba and his friends team up to go on their adventure to defeat the evil Noroi and his clan.
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(Source: Varèse Sarabande)

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Son of voice actor [Chikao Ootsuka](https://anilist.co/staff/95974/). In 2005, he married fellow voice actress [Youko Soumi](https://anilist.co/staff/95912/), but they divorced in 2009.

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- Heismay Noctule - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)
- Koichi Adachi - Yakuza: Like a Dragon (VG)

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Fernando Prata is a Brazilian actor and voice actor.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who)
- Kevin Porter (13 Reasons Why)
- Siddiq (The Walking Dead)
- Zapp Brannigan (4th voice - 7th season; Futurama)
- Jimmy Pesto (2nd voice - 2nd season onwards; Bob's Burgers)
- Han (Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 and Naruto X Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections)
- Patrício Torreslanda Fuentes-Gil (1st dub; Un Refugio para el Amor)
- Lou Ferrigno (LEGO Marvel's Avengers)
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Passed away on July 12th, 2020. According to the media, he fainted while riding a bicycle and died due to a heart attack or a stroke.

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