Mob Psycho 100 lead will not return due to union dispute with Crunchyroll

[matrixman124]

A little synopsis: Kyle McCarley who played Mob in Mob Psycho 100 will not return to the role because Crunchyroll refused to comply with union demands since he is a member of SAG-AFTRA. Mob Psycho was originally dubbed by Bang Zoom but since the CR-Funimation merger, it seems that they've become more resistant to union demands since Funimation is in charge of dubbing for CR and has historically been union hostile.

[Jman]

Yeah, based in Texas, because why share the hundreds of millions from your niche blowing up like it has?

[matrixman124]

31 minutes ago, Jman said:

Yeah, based in Texas, because why share the hundreds of millions from your niche blowing up like it has?

Texas is super anti-union so big surprise there

[PokeNirvash]

Here's what Crunchyroll's office is gonna look like tomorrow:

Edited September 20, 2022 by PokeNirvash

[atomicinumatt]

Damn, that is sad. I have only read the manga so far but have been planning to get caught up with the anime soon. Guess I will stick with the subs when I do. 

Have they listed a replacement?

[EmpressAngel]

Remember kids, any company that refuses to discuss unions doesn't care about their workers.

 

[matrixman124]

1 hour ago, atomicinumatt said:

Damn, that is sad. I have only read the manga so far but have been planning to get caught up with the anime soon. Guess I will stick with the subs when I do. 

Have they listed a replacement?

They are auditioning the role.

There is an active effort from union VAs to appeal to non-union VAs to not do it. They want to pressure Crunchyroll into relenting.

[Jman]

13 minutes ago, matrixman124 said:

They are auditioning the role.

There is an active effort from union VAs to appeal to non-union VAs to not do it. They want to pressure Crunchyroll into relenting.

It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender.

[matrixman124]

1 minute ago, Jman said:

It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender.

That was a pay bump. This is a culture shift. It would be seismic.

[3ngag3]

Imagine using non Texas VAs for Chainsaw Man and picking Mob Psycho 100 as a place to draw the line on that.

Edited September 21, 2022 by 3ngag3

[CaptainStarwind]

I always hate hearing news like this.  TBH I really hope Funi isn't able to find anyone to fill the role, though I feel that's a bit wishful thinking on my part. 

In other news it's yet another reason for me to never go to Texas (like I already needed one).

[MasqueradeOverture]

https://mobile.twitter.com/anairis_q/status/1572385507585437696

Yeah nah this is turbofucked.

 

[EmpressAngel]

I think this is my favorite one so far.

 

[Blatch]

Well, this stinks. I stand in solidarity with any VA not working on this project, wether they got recast or are passing on it in protest. I also sympathize with everyone cancelling their CR subscriptions over this, but it's awkaard for me because I have a yearly subscription and I paid for mine a while ago. I want to keep watching shows (I was thinking two more episodes of Demi-chans and then I make the next content ratings post... hopefully that's what you were referring to, Poke), but now I have more of an appetite to watch things on other services.

16 hours ago, Jman said:

It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender.

I heard he got barely a raise from that, maybe even nothing at all. But it did boost his morale because of all the fans who stood with him.

14 hours ago, CaptainStarwind said:

I always hate hearing news like this.  TBH I really hope Funi isn't able to find anyone to fill the role, though I feel that's a bit wishful thinking on my part. 

In other news it's yet another reason for me to never go to Texas (like I already needed one).

It's apparently a great state with lots of great people (many Funi and Sentai VAs among them), but it's ruled by ass-backward politicians, which is nothing new for America. Not to get political or anything, but I hope that state gets bluer in the midterms.

[matrixman124]

1 minute ago, Blatch said:

Well, this stinks. I stand in solidarity with any VA not working on this project, wether they got recast or are passing on it in protest. I also sympathize with everyone cancelling their CR subscriptions over this, but it's awkaard for me because I have a yearly subscription and I paid for mine a while ago. I want to keep watching shows (I was thinking two more episodes of Demi-chans and then I make the next content ratings post... hopefully that's what you were referring to, Poke), but now I have more of an appetite to watch things on other services.

I heard he got barely a raise from that, maybe even nothing at all. But it did boost his morale because of all the fans who stood with him.

It's apparently a great state with lots of great people (many Funi and Sentai VAs among them), but it's ruled by ass-backward politicians, which is nothing new for America. Not to get political or anything, but I hope that state gets bluer in the midterms.

Here's hoping. Texas has very blue cities.

[Jman]

Some research shows Netflix has been using exclusively union actors for anime dubs since 2019, which both explains Gus in Cyberpunk and makes me feel a bit better about them vs this anti-worker practice.

Just a bit.

Edited September 21, 2022 by Jman

[CaptainStarwind]

10 hours ago, Blatch said:

It's apparently a great state with lots of great people (many Funi and Sentai VAs among them), but it's ruled by ass-backward politicians, which is nothing new for America. Not to get political or anything, but I hope that state gets bluer in the midterms.

I've heard much of the same, actually.  I don't mean to insult anyone (read: most of the people) who live there, my emotions just get the better of me sometimes.

Seriously though fuck CR/Funi.

[matrixman124]

1 minute ago, CaptainStarwind said:

I've heard much of the same, actually.  I don't mean to insult anyone (read: most of the people) who live there, my emotions just get the better of me sometimes.

Seriously though fuck CR/Funi.

Yeah my BIL lives in Austin and he's a software engineer who is very much a blue voter. Its not all crazy gun nuts there.

[EmpressAngel]

Lucky for all of you that at my core I am a hater.

 

[matrixman124]

1 hour ago, EmpressAngel said:

Lucky for all of you that at my core I am a hater.

 

Well boy howdy, I'll tell you what, it would be a whole new ballgame if Texas went blue. May not happen this year but it will happen for sure.