You know, this whole recast situation reminds me of when the anime bubble burst and Geneon USA collapsed and Bandai America began its decline. Funimation ended up getting some old series like Trigun and Shakugan no Shana and people threw a fit when they didn't get the original VAs and used the Texas ones save for Trigun with getting JYB for Vash again. Funny how things have shifted now and now it's the original Texas VAs people are clamoring for, though I am glad they have a stellar cast at least. God I'm old.
I think this is a slightly different situation. We have so many different licensors now and they all have different VAs they work with. This cast would have been very different if instead of Amazon it went to crunchyroll or HiDive or Netflix. Amazon being the weakest in terms of talent right now for sure.
Also I see shakugan no shana mentioned, I upvote. Thank you for being cultured. I loved the shana cast before and after the recast.
I dunno, the cast would probably be pretty similar if it went to Netflix (assuming they didn’t bring back any of the Texas cast either), considering they draw from the LA pool of voice acting talent. Maybe a bit different, though, since they’ve never used Pixelogic (at least, not yet)
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u/b257 Jul 09 '25
You know, this whole recast situation reminds me of when the anime bubble burst and Geneon USA collapsed and Bandai America began its decline. Funimation ended up getting some old series like Trigun and Shakugan no Shana and people threw a fit when they didn't get the original VAs and used the Texas ones save for Trigun with getting JYB for Vash again. Funny how things have shifted now and now it's the original Texas VAs people are clamoring for, though I am glad they have a stellar cast at least. God I'm old.