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NEWS: Crunchyroll Streams English Dubs for Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Estab Life: Great Escape, Kaguya

So Sony & Crunchyroll decided to go texas route for Voice casting the English voice selected via Cronyism in selection of voice actors
For producing English dubs.....!!!! For their main hard hitting shows!!

All because they don't want to produce dubs under union contract / all because voice actors in texas are cheaper than California ( where dubs are of high quality quality)

Mann!!! The English dubs produced at texas are so uncomfortable and cringe // their so called pro American localisation / average voice acting quality /
All because of some higher ups at Funimation that are now in crunchyroll and well known old Funimation extremist voice actors!!!

There's this as well, certainly I don't wanna be seeing the same names over and over again from CR's local VA pool for the main characters of each show, but I'm also wondering if this will affect casting for sequel shows, like Date A Live or Kaguya-sama.

Reba Buhr, the English actress for Myne in Ascendance of a Bookworm said she isn’t working for Crunchyroll anymore due to wages. As well as Joe Zieja who voices Otto, said he is no longer working on anime anymore since 2020 due to wages. This season is probably gonna see numerous recasts, unfortunately, unless Crunchyroll will listen to the actors and raise wages.
https://twitter.com/rebabuhr/status/1501409793390436354
https://twitter.com/JoeZieja/status/1508520216736649218

ThatGuyWhoLikesThings wrote:

There's this as well, certainly I don't wanna be seeing the same names over and over again from CR's local VA pool for the main characters of each show, but I'm also wondering if this will affect casting for sequel shows, like Date A Live or Kaguya-sama.

I don't see how LA is any more guilty of that then Texas

I never said they were, but it's always more interesting seeing a mix of talents and names you don't expect to pop up. One of the advantages of remote recording.

There's this as well, certainly I don't wanna be seeing the same names over and over again from CR's local VA pool for the main characters of each show, but I'm also wondering if this will affect casting for sequel shows, like Date A Live or Kaguya-sama.

And want about Japanese seiyuu ? in Japan, they also use the same seiyuu over and over. like this season Hanakana appear on Love after world domination.

And want about Japanese seiyuu ? in Japan, they also use the same seiyuu over and over. like this season Hanakana appear on Love after world domination.

So basically dubbing all the major shows, pretty much, meaning we're more or less back to how it used to be between Crunchyroll and Funimation.

I would think it would be easier to mange this output by continuing to outsource to other studios, which seemed to work really well, unless they expect that returning to record in the studio will mean they can better handle it and get the dubs out faster like they are already with Spy x Family. But using other studios definitely lent to some nice variety and great dubs.

I'm curious what this means for LA VA's or VA's from anywhere other than Texas if they refrain from remote recording moving forward. I mean, I would assume Shield Hero and any sequel to a CR show will still be an LA dub if only because the majority of the cast are LA VA's. Could just be the case where an LA VA gets treated like a guest or special appearance in a Funi dub.

I'm also glad to see them finally dubbing new Ancient Magus Bride content. Now if they could just go back to whatever's left undubbed...and the Tanya movie, too, I think?

ThatGuyWhoLikesThings wrote:

There's this as well, certainly I don't wanna be seeing the same names over and over again from CR's local VA pool for the main characters of each show, but I'm also wondering if this will affect casting for sequel shows, like Date A Live or Kaguya-sama.

I don't see how LA is any more guilty of that then Texas, especially when there were some creative castings for CR's LA shows, but ultimately I'm sure they'll cast who they feel is right for the parts.

LegitPancake wrote:

Reba Buhr, the English actress for Myne in Ascendance of a Bookworm said she isn’t working for Crunchyroll anymore due to wages. As well as Joe Zieja who voices Otto, said he is no longer working on anime anymore since 2020 due to wages. This season is probably gonna see numerous recasts, unfortunately, unless Crunchyroll will listen to the actors and raise wages. https://twitter.com/rebabuhr/status/1501409793390436354 https://twitter.com/JoeZieja/status/1508520216736649218

That sucks. Especially since we're talking about the lead characters' VA.

Ooh, I didn't expect Love Live Nijigasaki 2 to get a dub so quickly considering how long it took for the first season to get dubbed. Looking forward to it! Here's hoping Okratron gets brought back to dub it, since their dub for Nijigaku is great!

So all you posters who want to save the overworked, starving, and homeless voice actors ( maybe even one step away from a life of crime), you guy willing to pay higher fees!