matrixman124 Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 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. 1 Quote
Jman Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 Yeah, based in Texas, because why share the hundreds of millions from your niche blowing up like it has? 3 Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 20, 2022 Author Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 9:23 PM, Jman said: Yeah, based in Texas, because why share the hundreds of millions from your niche blowing up like it has? Expand Texas is super anti-union so big surprise there Quote
PokeNirvash Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) Here's what Crunchyroll's office is gonna look like tomorrow: Edited September 20, 2022 by PokeNirvash Quote
atomicinumatt Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 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? 1 Quote
EmpressAngel Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 Remember kids, any company that refuses to discuss unions doesn't care about their workers. 4 1 Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 10:37 PM, 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? Expand 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. 1 Quote
Jman Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 12:02 AM, 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. Expand It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender. Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 12:16 AM, Jman said: It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender. Expand That was a pay bump. This is a culture shift. It would be seismic. Quote
3ngag3 Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 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 2 Quote
CaptainStarwind Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 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). 2 Quote
MasqueradeOverture Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/anairis_q/status/1572385507585437696 Yeah nah this is turbofucked. 2 Quote
EmpressAngel Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 I think this is my favorite one so far. 3 Quote
Blatch Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 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. On 9/21/2022 at 12:16 AM, Jman said: It worked when Hulu didn’t want to rehire John DiMaggio for Bender. Expand 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. On 9/21/2022 at 2:27 AM, 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). Expand 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. 3 Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 5:16 PM, 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. Expand Here's hoping. Texas has very blue cities. 2 Quote
Jman Posted September 21, 2022 Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Quote
CaptainStarwind Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 5:16 PM, 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. Expand 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. 1 Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 3:41 AM, 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. Expand 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. 1 Quote
EmpressAngel Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 Lucky for all of you that at my core I am a hater. 2 Quote
matrixman124 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 3:48 AM, EmpressAngel said: Lucky for all of you that at my core I am a hater. Expand 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. Quote
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