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INTEREST: Funimation Confirms English Trigun Movie Cast

Or, like when ADV was casting their Slayers movies and trying to hire Lisa Ortiz, the actors were asking for too much money.

I'm so glad Bosch is back. It's sad to see that it's not the entire cast but I'll take what I can get.

For the role of Wolfwood, I was expecting a Funimation staple actor. All the other roles, except for JYB, are. So I was expecting to see R Bruce Elliot or Mark Stoddard (or even, lamentably, Sabat) cast as Wolfwood.

I think it's becuase most of the Animaze / Zero Limit Productions VA are all retired , or it could be with the same senario with the casting issuses when Funi licensed the Tenchi Muyo Ryo Oki OVA. Though I could be wrong.

Actually I would have loved to dub the Wolfwood movie, but Funimation dubbed it already without me. They called me and wanted me to fly myself out to Texas from Los Angeles and put myself up in a hotel while they paid me less than the original series paid. I would have lost money on the deal. Then when I asked for more money, they went ahead and replaced me. Pretty cheap, huh? I guess they don't care about the fans. Sorry, guys, I would have loved to play Wolfwood again, but remember, I'll always be the original! -Jeff

Re: not-so-FUNimation
Following is a letter from my fellow cast member of the English dub of the original Trigun series, Jeff Nimoy. It sucks that Funimation did this to both me (Meryl, original series) and Jeff. He posted it on animenews.com… here ya go!

Sorry to all the fans, I would have loved to play Wolfwood again and dub the Trigun movie, but Funimation dubbed it already without me. They called me and wanted me to fly myself out to Texas from Los Angeles and put myself up in a hotel while they paid me less than the original series paid. I would have lost money on the deal. Then when I asked for more money, they went ahead and replaced me. Pretty cheap, huh? I guess they don’t care about the fans. Sorry, guys, I would have loved to play Wolfwood again, but remember, I’ll always be the original! -Jeff Nimoy

Yup, in the midst of negotiating we suddenly got radio silence – and found out (from someone else!) that they went ahead and recorded it without us! I thought we were reaching a final compromise – apparently Funi did not. Anyway, sorry guys, I just had to spew! xoxo Dorothy Fahn (Melendrez)

A Power Ranger & a VR Trooper in one dub. Amazing!

I was going to watch all of Trigun subbed for consistancy after i buy the Remix singles and the movie but i'll give the movie dub a chance since Brad Hawkins is involved (along with Johnny which was no surprise) and Monica Rial isn't (thank goodness). Hopefully the new VAs surprise me like they did with the Evangelion films.

Imagine my surprise when I saw the name "Brad Hawkins" there instead. The name sounded really familiar, but I couldn't place it. So I looked over his woefully short biography and didn't see anything recognizable...until I looked at the top and saw that he was Ryan Steele from VR Troopers. That's awesomeness right there. I'm not sure of his dub skills, I'll trust that they are high, nor do I remember his voice being a "wolfwood voice", but if for nothing but nostalgia, the casting choice is awesome.

j Talbain wrote:

I'm so glad Bosch is back. It's sad to see that it's not the entire cast but I'll take what I can get.

I think it's becuase most of the Animaze / Zero Limit Productions VA are all retired , or it could be with the same senario with the casting issuses when Funi licensed the Tenchi Muyo Ryo Oki OVA. Though I could be wrong.

Also for some people here on the Forums, This series was not the first anime series JYB did. First TV anime series, yes. But the first anime was actually Akira during the Pioneer/Geneon era ( I sure miss those days too )