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NEWS: Island of Giant Insects Anime Film Announces English Dub Cast

I was wondering about that choice. Is he trying to break into the dub scene, or is this just a cynical attempt to drum up support through the fanbase of a minor youtube personality? I mean, ProZD I could understand (although I suspect a potential project like this would be beneath him), but my only experience of Yongyea is as a guy who makes his living through jumping on the gaming-controversy-of-the-day bandwagon. Perhaps he has hidden talents, but given that I've found it hard not to equate him as a less sincere version of Jim Sterling, this just reeks of dodgy marketing to me.

This is never going to hit its goal because they are asking way too much just to received a copy of the movie. You have to contribute a minimum of $76. That's what's preventing the masses from supporting this Kickstarter. Offer a more reasonable $30 tier that includes a copy of the movie, and way more people will contribute.

"We need a more affordable "Blu-ray only" tier."
This request is a bit harder to answer. We do understand, from past experience, that Blu-rays are relatively more affordable in "Western" countries, mainly due to the market simply being bigger(= more sales, hence ability to lower prices). However, it does not apply to all anime movie projects, especially to smaller production/budget ones like ours. At this point, it is VERY difficult for us to expect huge sales.

Therefore, we have no choice but to offer it for this price - surround-sound Blu-ray estimated cost around ¥8,000 (Approx. $75), everything up to Rank 4, plus T-shirts and other exclusive items not available anywhere else, AND INCLUDING WORLDWIDE SHIPPING totaling to ¥20,000 (Approx. $180).

To us, the team, this is currently the best value we can offer, and believe it's well worth it - especially after seeing the package is super awesome too!

Meanwhile, the team will constantly be discussing about this topic, and we are ALWAYS happy to hear what everyone has to say, whether it be positive or negative.

I was wondering about that choice. Is he trying to break into the dub scene, or is this just a cynical attempt to drum up support through the fanbase of a minor youtube personality? I mean, ProZD I could understand (although I suspect a potential project like this would be beneath him), but my only experience of Yongyea is as a guy who makes his living through jumping on the gaming-controversy-of-the-day bandwagon. Perhaps he has hidden talents, but given that I've found it hard not to equate him as a less sincere version of Jim Sterling, this just reeks of dodgy marketing to me.

Just for the record, Christina Vee started out as a YouTuber, and she got so much hate from the 'professional' anime dubbing VAs at the time. They saw her as a lesser VA, and she only got a chance because she was a YouTubers. As opposed to, what, getting a chance because you were friends with a producer at Funimation or Viz?