Corrections: Vic is still in appeals in court as the case is still ongoing. With some conflicting/confusing info, I messed that up slightly. My bad. The Kaguya-sama edit was by Aniplex, not Funimation I failed to mention that Vic is confirmed to have had a promiscuous quality even when engaged, so there's plenty of criticism to levy at him for that reason. Part of the Interspecies Reviewer section was misinformed as apparently the anime added more risque scenes than the manga, though I still feel their continued grip on the license and so on is bad, there was a slightly more adequate reason for them dropping it One of the sources I used for researching the Vic situation also apparently has been known for excluding information, so I apologize if that seemed especially one-sided. Thanks for continued feedback!
You also forgot about the VA for Buu having what I can only assume to either be a mental breakdown or being as childish as his character when (during the vic situation) he diverted all criticism of his and Rager's actions by tweeting pics and gifs along with some phrases about apples in response to these people on twitter
@@sonic23233 Funnily enough, Sean Schemmel did just that at one point. He actually told Vic that he hated him...... because of how open he is about his religion. (I believe it had something to do with Sean and his father when he was a kid. Like his father was really strict about their religion.. or something. Honestly, I can't recall the specifics... I may be wrong about that last detail, so don't quote me on that.) But regardless, it's still pretty absurd to not like someone for a reason like that. Vic did nothing to him. I'd say that _does_ make Sean better than those other shitheads though... even if only _slightly._ Since at least he was up-front about not liking him, rather than being friendly toward him for over a decade before hurling all kinds of bullshit at him online.
@@cradica, big businesses like Funimation even whenever they do have the comment section turned on they’ll suspend anybody’s accounts if they disagree with them and bring up factual evidence on why their company is shit.
The worst things 4Kids ever did were being painfully amateur and painfully cringe, but here’s the thing: unlike Funimation, 4Kids’ word had lasting positive effects on some of the source studios, YuGiOh and Ultimate Muscle (Kinnikuman Nisei) getting entire seasons funded off them alone. Funimation meanwhile have become one step away from con artist.
@@MagnificantSasquatch it's also kind of the time period, like TV was a lot stricter in the 90's. Hell in the UK it wasn't just anime but normal cartoons too, like you couldn't use the word Ninja so we had the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles instead
The audacity to act oppressed while also saying "if something is not available where you live then it's not for you" and being classist is infuriating to me.
If someone chooses not to serve you, they are the ones choosing not to receive your money. If you resort to piracy and they try to cry that you are stealing from them, remember that you held money to them and they said "no, thank you."
for how 4kids was infamous for toning down anime for kids (pun intended), ironically they also brought us tmnt 2003, and _that_ show went dark at certain episodes when it did.
Remember when the worst things about dubs were changing cigarettes to lollipops and calling rice balls, jelly-filled donuts? Can we go back to that time?
What happened with Vic pissed me off but what drove me to cancel my subscription was how the voice actors like Monica and Jamie acted on twitter, not to mention the others. Instead of staying quiet and letting the courts handle things they turned it into a spectacle and helped further fuel the whole kickvic vs istandwithvic situation. Was just so unprofessional.
Honestly, that should have been how it was done. But instead, because they didn't do the responsible thing, we have people fabricating evidence and getting caught for it online.
@@Keirnoth If anything, they're treating it like their own personal holiday they can now celebrate. To that, I say: th-cam.com/video/QkpB3DYZ0-8/w-d-xo.html
@@Jackraiden500 yeah it’s decided by search terms and tags, if funimation is in the tittle or description high likely hood you will see funimation popping up in ads on that video. Just how they are likely to pop up on anime related videos whereas on gaming videos you will receive mobile game ads and upcoming triple A games
Not to mention Rial changed her story four times, made references to structures and locations in the hotel in question that do not and never did exist, and the only third party witness to the alleged event, who Rial herself cited as a witness, sided with Vic.
In a video by dannphan, I remember her pointing out that in her reveal tweet thing, she says in the beginning that she’s the friend that will tell you anything even if it’ll be hard to hear. A few paragraphs later and she says that she could never tell someone else (I think Vic’s partner?) because it’d be heartbreaking. If I’m not remembering wrong, just that part of the story didn’t add up…
I have always and will always defend Vic. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met and he even remembers his fans. I run into him every couple of years (we live in the same state and I'm around that area every so often) and he's always happy to see me and always gives me the biggest hugs (even though he's a foot shorter than me) he stands on the same level as Keanu Reeves and Brendan Fraser where it's impossible for me to believe he's even capable of anything he's been accused of. He's always made sure my female friends are comfortable with hugs before going in and will stop what he's doing just to chat or sign some random piece of merch
@@styxthistle497 finally, my kind. Speaking of which, I want to take the girl from they Honey adds, and just make her disappear. Not die, just remove her from existence. She deserves no fanfare.
Doesn't japan already split certain seasons apart to begin with? For example Aot season 3 got split in half worldwide with the first half in 2018 and the second half in 2019.
@@ghuttsmckenzie4269 well that is probably just a coincidence. Depending on what video you are watching you might get a ad regarding the topic the video is talking about
I got to meet Vic in 2009 at a convention and he was the sweetest guy. He took time to chat with each fan. Even if he was not working at a booth he would stop for fans at the convention for pictures and chats.
The story: Sony Pictures Television bought a 95% stake in Funimation for 143 million USD. This was then approved in August 22nd 2017. On August 7th 2018, AT&T fully acquired Otter Media (Crunchyroll owner) this would then end Funimation and Crunchyroll’s partnership being announced on October 18th 2018; then on November 9th 2018 the contents with the merge were removed; thus creating a new let’s say… dubbing vs subbing war. About 2 and a half years pass by, 2021 comes around and on the 9th August 2021, Sony Pictures Entertainment completed the acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T for 1.175 billion USD through the Funimation Global Group, LLC. AT&T (who owned Crunchyroll from August 7th 2018 - August 9th 2021) so 3 years later when Sony took over, they now owned both Funimation and Crunchyroll, Sony then layed off basically all the EX Crunchyroll employees, workers and then took Funimation’s studio (their own) to start working on Crunchyroll instead. They then merged content from Funimation to Crunchyroll which started from March 1st 2022. Crunchyroll then transitioned with Funimation into Crunchyroll LLC. (Previously Funimation Company) Digital Copy’s didn’t however transfer… now let’s say literally now nearly 2 years later. It’s not Crunchyroll that shutdown Funimation, Funimation Merged into Crunchyroll to shut down Funimation’s app and website. Crunchyroll is Funimation’s staff, dubbing team etc just under a mask from when Sony decided to move everything more than likely due to Crunchyroll’s better reputation. Funimation wasn’t as liked so it seemed profitable, Crunchyroll’s site also seems better ran and is far more available in other countries and more people use it. This making Crunchyroll the decision and to just get Funimation’s stuff to Crunchyroll as it was easier.
"It's not available in my country" "You're NOT supposed to watch it." Who the flying fck does she think she is to dictate which countries get to enjoy anime?
Marchi actually told fans if they didn't like her work and wanted anime that stayed true to the translations,to just learn japanese. If funimation ever wants to gain fan confidence back they need to fire all these ppl.
Honestly, let's take that advice and shove it down their throats and make their companies go out of buisness. Compliance is the best revenge when it literally goes against what they really want :3
Another reason why Funimation is hated is because of Scott Freeman, who famously played Issei Hyoudou in High School DxD and England in Hetalia, and who was arrested back in 2014 for possession of CP. Funimation didn’t cut ties with him until AFTER he was convicted, meaning they kept working with him even AFTER he was arrested for being an evil sex monster!
I remember the whole Vic situation going down and seeing Monica act horribly on twitter with no repercussions whatsoever, regardless it broke my heart tbh
That’s the whole point of independent contractor VAs like Monica and the rest of the Fuckimation crew have: freedom. Dare I say, too much freedom. You see, VAs can’t be held responsible for their actions on social media and irl. That’s because they don’t have obligations/ ties to said company. In Japan, as an individual, your work ethics are taken seriously in the VA industry. You are signed to a talent voice agency contract which means they can fire you at any given moment if anything bad were to happen. Anything you do in the industry as well as outside that is seen as controversial or problematic are seen as a violation of said contract. Which means you can be held responsible for the actions you reap.
Colleen O’Shaughnessy should have voiced Bulma instead. She is one of the most loving and most talented VAs ever. You may recognize her as Tails from the Sonic franchise.
Honestly if you showed me the Ghost Stories Dub I would of thought it would be some fan dub like DBZA but it's actually the official dub. I think they (original publishers) gave them (English translators) the right to fully change the script.
@@CoolerMike Pretty much, they told them they could do anything but change the names of characters and other stuff probably. They just wanted this to sell.
Literally all of her responses sound like somebody who doesn’t want to get paid, because a lot of the money earned is through Murch and physical copy purchasing. If the fans of the anime can’t afford either guess who doesn’t get the money from sales revenue? You. It’s as if they’re so detached from the real world that when it eventually comes to bite them in the ass all they’re going to know how to do is whine and bitch and moan about it and how it’s unfair. Bet you she’d say “stop being poor“ if given the opportunity.
They still own the rights and knowingly supporting someone financially, be passive or actively, who is stealing from someone else is illegal. Just don't watch the anime if a company you don't like owns the rights.
@@tombolt13thexehanort29 "Just don't watch the anime if a company you don't like owns the rights." It's not like the money I pay them somehow end up in the hands of the original creators, plus I both hate them and want to watch the show, so why shouldn't I pirate it? For most shows that don't go on for several seasons (or shows that aren't expected to anyways) the license for it is paid in a flat sum, not as a royalty. This means that all proceeds you pay goes only to them, not further supporting the author in any way. I can maybe get your argument for longer-running shows, like BnHA, One Piece, or at one point in time Fairy Tail, but for everything else not supporting the monopoly is literally just giving (a minuscule, of course) bit more hope to smaller studios.
What I find infuriating about the Vic scandal is that funi is willing to throw him under the bus with just allegations and yet there are people like Daman Mills and Scott Freeman, with the former getting away with m**esting a boy under legal age, and spewing out racial slurs on FACEBOOK and with the latter being only booted due to acting late (better late than never, I guess) in his heinous activity, which is CP possession.
Nevermind, it seems Daman himself confirmed he got with that guy. The lie is that he molested him. Apparently it was a consensual relationship, and the guy only made up the molestation claim because he felt "abandoned". On one hand, Daman isn't a molester. But on the other, he still slept with a teenager in his 20's, so nobody here's innocent.
I've personally met Vic, he is a REALLY nice person and I got a really great vibe from him. Why anyone would attack him is beyond me because he is a sweetheart.
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78 Dude, it’s the 2020s. Anyone who unironically thinks “SJW”s are a legit problem are the same people who worshipped Leafyishere and get mad when they can’t be the most insensitive jerks imaginable anymore.
Yeah, I agree. Which is why I usually stick to the voice actors from California than the ones in Texas. I think they're just better, especially as people.
I was devastated when I found out the VA for England in Hetalia was caught with CP and became a registered sex offender. I legit loved his voice acting and his voice became iconic to England for me :'C
Whether Vic is guilty or not is something I can't control. The fact that Funimation dropped him just on allegations while defending Chris and Sean for doing the same exact things they accused Vic of, and then take the word of a man who literally abused three of his now ex-wives...
They stood by Scott Freeman, a VA who has charged with CP. They stood by him until the very end. Yet against Vic, the minute a slight whiff of an issue, they drop him like a rock.
@@elliottgaal9774 Well, a lot of the people in positions of power at Funimation personally hated him anyways for one reason or another. Most common theory is that they hated him for being an outspoken Christian or because he didn't toe the political line. Which wouldn't be surprising if you asked me, but I can only think what I think, I cannnot know what I don't know. Either way, it's obvious that they were just looking for an excuse to give Vic the axe at this point, even if that excuse was made up from whole cloth. The false allegations against him were the most convenient excuse at their disposal, especially in the wake of the whole MeToo movement, which had already devolved into a modern-day equivalent of the Salem Witch Trials by that point. Thus, the moment the allegations arose, the people at Funimation jumped on the opportunity like hyenas on a carcass, claimed to investigate on the matter to give off a façade of integrity, made a very botched and biased investigation (if they investigated at all), and promptly gave Vic the axe a week later, with the public being none the wiser. It would've been the perfect crime, were it not for the substantial amount of evidence of corruption and other dishonest behavior (such as forging evidence) that was gathered in the following months as well as many of the people disavowing the so-called "evidence" provided by KickVic. At the end of the day, I think it's safe to say that the whole Vic fiasco essentially signed Funimation's death warrant, with their quasi-monopoly on the anime licensing industry and Dragon Ball sales barely keeping them alive. It's only a matter of time before their company goes out of business, as more and more people are becoming aware of their corruption and fleeing for greener pastures.
Whoa, I totally didn't know about just how dubious the claims against Mignogna were. It's sick how many opportunists ruined this whole guy's career, not only damaging his life, but making it that much harder for ACTUAL victims of sexual assault to be believed.
That last part is true! When the Elliot gindi news broke a couple weeks ago, my first thought was “is this legit or another Vic situation?” Turns out it seems pretty real there, which actually made my initial doubts feel terrible…
I also wanna add Brittany Lauda, a Funimation VA who said people who make fandubs are not allowed to get professional work.... Yet she herself started off as a fandubber. She doesn't specify what kind of fandubber she's referring to, make it seem like she's condemning all kinds of fandubs instead of the bad ones that are obviously looking for profits.
This! I’m an online VA myself and a lot of Funi’s current pool did start out as fandubbers (I believe Justin Briner and Kira Buckland are two more examples? Don’t quote me on that). JS might not have known about it, but then again, VA business is hella tricky to research on.
If Vic truly was a monster & didn't care that he was upsetting people, he wouldn't have apologized. He did apologize & I respect him for that. No one is 100% perfect, so we shouldn't expect him to be. He isn't homophobic for not wanting to see Anime characters that he has voiced be in Yaoi situations either. He sees it as disrespectful & disturbing. People that call Vic homophobic are just pissed off that he won't play their perverted games with him. He also is not a bible thumper because he made CDs of The Gospel of John. Vic created those as a way to give back to the fans, in an act of kindness, because he is a man of god. I'm atheist, but I took the CDs during a 2009 convention because they are a gift. He made them out of the goodness of his own heart & gave them away 100% free at his signing tables because he wants to spread the love of his religion. I shouldn't even have to explain this. It's reasonable thinking.
I'm not a homophobe, but it really bugs me when I see people being like "[character] is a GAY ICON" when the character is 100% straight and in-universe is uncomfortable with any same sex romantic interactions, so I can only imagine how much worse that would skeeve me if I was the creator of those characters or even if I was the voice actor. Like it's one thing when the character has no ostensible sexuality at all, but when the character is obviously straight, getting angry at people for saying "hey don't do yaoi of that character" is stupid. Especially when the character's a minor~
@@FrenkTheJoy I totally agree. The tragic truth is that some people just don't give a shit. They don't care whom they hurt & offend. All they want is a reaction out of the people they're targeting. Children & animals should be left out of all sexual situations, ALL OF THEM.
@@FrenkTheJoy Fujoshis are scary things. I've lost count of the times I've seen one of them call another person "homophobic" for not shipping two straight guys or girls together. I don't agree with telling people what to or not to draw, since it's, well, drawings, but telling people that they HAVE to like YOUR ship is even worse.
The Eng VA of Aizawa called people who watched anime on kissanime “scumbags” and “not true fans” just ignoring the fact that some people might not be able to afford it
VAs: (Have allegations with proof of them being Child Predators) Funimation: I sleep Vic: (Gets falsely accused with no proof) Funimation: SPONGEBOB ME BOY, YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE PAYING ME LEGAL FEES, ARGH, ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH
That's because Funimation never fired him for the accusations, Sabat just wanted an excuse to can him and they used accusations everyone involved knew were false to do it.
@@VGamingJunkie Sean, Chris, and Greg Ayres are confirmed to hate Vic for being an outspoken Christian for sure. Allegedly it also got out that he was on some level a Trump supporter (I believe he simply supports all presidents or something milquetoast like that) and that made him even more hated in the office.
@@Thedarkbunnyrabbit Poor guy just wants to be on everyone's good side, and yet he gets the shit end of the stick... but the stick is itself already made of shit, so they gave him the end that had pinworms and diarhea
@@dawnevergarden3275 Perhaps you heard accusations about Vic before that went down? I know I've heard nasty rumors about Vic since I was in middle school. But the thing is, no one took those rumors seriously, due to no real evidence & of course the fact that one had tried to take Vic to court.
@@badboyluvr and no one ever has either. He took THEM to court because people think social media is the new police for whatever reason (which is weird because the 2,000 woman that Ron Toye claims knew he was a pedo or rapist... are accomplices to that crime for not reporting it)
A discovered a few days ago that on Funimation I was looking forward to completing two anime’s that I’ve been looking forward to watching which are Castle Town Dandelion and Shomin Sample
But anyways I immediately noticed that on Castle Town only 2 out of the 12 episodes has Japanese available and the rest where completed English without an option to choose Japanese
By supporting anyone who brings allegations with little to no proof and immediately firing them. Then Funimation is by effect, supporting the people who truly hate women. This does nothing but fuel fire. If Funimation acted like how a company should and let investigations happen, then this all could've been avoided. I have refused to spend a single dollar at Funimation since this happened. With them buying Crunchyroll, I have also stopped supporting them.+
@@guacamollie2460 How the hell you get that conclusion? That's nothing at all what I said or what the topic was about. There is also a difference from comforting someone and needing to see proof. Nice try gaslighting.
they also dubbed that one show about that kid living with that busty blonde woman (yes, there are ara ara jokes and such) edit: I checked, it's called Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
It's funny because Chris Sabat is very much a moderate-liberal, he's not a social justice warrior by any means. I never pegged him as the kind of guy that would destroy someones life just because of an allegation, so clearly he has a lot personal bias against Vic. And emphasis on the "clearly", because we know from testimony that Vic would be the subject of a lot of jealousy.
I study translation and number one rule each of my professors preach is "Your job is to translate what the original creator aspires to say in your language, not what you THINK they want to say or what YOU WANT it to sound like."
@Liberty Justice TOM also decides to lecture you about how you're a bad person, unless you think the way you're told to. Never mind that his paycheck comes from a company with many a skeleton in their closet.
Sometimes Funimation got away with changing the script in Hetalia, but only when the add ins weren't handfisted and the VAs seemed to be having fun. Although, i often prefer the original for its canon and Japanese humor, while other times the English version adds jokes with a more American perspective. Hit and miss, but an east and west perspective together, if well executed, can really work. CAN work.
I’m of this opinion when it comes to the Vic situation, if he’s innocent, then it means that they fired an innocent man, well, giving more respect and dignity to actual pedophiles, and are still actively hiring creeps. If he’s guilty, that still means that Monica, Jamie and the other should not be treated as victims because it means that they knowingly and willingly put their underage fans at risk . Think about it they claim that this was a “open secret “that he was a predator and yet they chose to do nothing.
Funimation was once the company that got me into Anime and dubs in general. Now they're the company that constantly forces me to say "Yo ho ho, me harties."
@@nesssss343 You wanna try researching that? I've not seen a single report of that, bit I've seen a good few where Amber admits to bullying Johnny. Everyone who knows Johnny is adamant he didn't do it, and everyone Amber has gone out with before or since has turned up with a few extra marks. All it takes is a quick Google search to avoid making a fool of yourself. I've literally just done it.
@@nesssss343 I've never seen a single report of that (if you edivence please show) however amber has actually admitted you litterly look up the recording online on youtube
I got to meet him in 2016, Vic gives the best bear hugs. I’m so sad I’ll never get to hug him again… he’s just so sweet, I hope he gets loads of work with other companies and maybe even people in Japan adopting him as a American representative or something for anime idk, get him back! We need his talents and morality.
When you say "Sailor Moon initially failed on to catch on in the west", that's only really true for the Americas. Sailor Moon was HUGE in Germany and other European countries right from the get-go, I was born in 1992 and when I entered Kindergarten in 1996, you couldn't turn around without seeing some kid with Sailor Moon merch.
@@ImmaLittlePip Slight correction after doing some research: Sailor Moon's English dub was released in 1995, a year before Dragon Ball Z. The English dub of Sailor Moon premiered on the Canadian Network, YTV in August of that year and in America a month later. Like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon did not have a successful air time airing on various syndicated networks across America before being picked up by Toonami, which also aired the last 17 episodes of the second season, R and omitted one episode from that season. The last season, Stars did not receive an English dub until 2019, when VIZ Media acquired the entire series 5 years prior. I heard that Stars was controversial and maybe that could have been why it didn't have an English dub after over 20 years
@@xXDOREMIVSSONICXx , I watched the entire first season of Sailor Moon Crystal, and I didn’t really love the series as much as I love One Piece, but my sisters of mine in real life love the series.
@@est4321 I believe this is the one. I might be wrong, but IT FEELS GOOD to see a feminist actually call out Funimation's stupidity! www.animefeminist.com/discourse-arent-problematic-translations-fixed/
Bin Shimada, the Japanese voice of Broly actually gave his thoughts on the scandal. Quote: “It’s a very cruel thing to do.” and I can’t agree with him enough.
@@muhummadkhan5787 I think that's part of the issue. Jealousy is a bitch. There's a reason during conventions none of the other VAs draw lines like Vic.
I think the only reason they wanted Vic put was cos he was openly Christian and openly happy about it they couldn’t have that around since they were living in a politically correct, anti religious “progressive” atmosphere It’s really annoying, I kinda get why people dislike them now
@stupid Cat I want to let you know homosexiality IS a sin but we followers of Christ aren't suppose to hate the sinner just the sin. Hope you didn't come across anyone you picked on you. I love Vic and the other Vas (even Monica, Jamie, Chris etc...) but he does associate himself with ungodly stuff which is questionable to me though I don't think I have ANY right to speak here since I still associate myself with the same things just in a different way. For the record I'm not saying he's guilty but maybe this is a blessing in disguise to help him escape. God bless you and thanks for your compassion.
It's bit of a shame how these two women shown their true colors especially Marchi. Ironically, my favorite characters who are voiced by Jamie are Cana, Rias Grimory, and Mt. Lady.
I lost respect for Funimation after the Vic aligations. I actually met in in 2014 and he was nothing, but respectful. I still have the photo with him hugging me and I was genuinely happy.
Apparently, some big Japanese studio's are busy with a possible TH-cam release where they sub it themselves. If that takes off then hopefully funimation will be dead in a year or so.
The part about Vic was really bothersome. When you look at everything in context and get rid of the false "evidence" he seems like an extremely nice person. They need to start charging people criminally for making false allegations. It's sickening that people can try (often succeeding) to destroy someone's life but still get away scott free even if PROVED to be downright lying.
@stupid Cat We can still definitely take accusations seriously - But we should also take consequences just as seriously. Not only that, but the Internet shouldn't persecute someone's life. The amount of herd mentality that goes with cyberbullying is so depressing to see.
A slight correction: Mignogna v. Funimation, et al is still in appeals as of December 4, 2020. The Texas Second Court of Appeals have not published their ruling, yet.
@@GnosisZX even if he lost there are no way people stop supporting him, i'm glad VIc case turns out exposing more messed up action from funi and their vas like that eren dub va.
And now the guy who plays Freeza - and is still alive - turns out to like 'em _young._ Daman Mills was accused with trying to get a 15-year-old to of course, send noods. Oh, but a dirty joke about a frickin' jelly bean, *that's* where you cross the life, right _Freeza?_
I remember actually attending a panel with Vic back in like 2012-2013 where he talked about his Christianity briefly. He specifically mentioned that his version of the religion is one that focuses on loving others and being compassionate, and that he does not believe in looking down on others for their sexuality or for having different beliefs or whatever. The homophobia claims are especially strange to me for that reason.
He is describing true Christianity. It's supposed to simply be about being humble, generous, brave, and selfless. Thats it. Love your neighbor. All of the creepy oppressive shit is against the core values
@@Rich_P_Anya Especially the shitting on Islam and Judaism, they're just branches of Christianity that left earlier It's like shitting on different type of humans that came... earlier
Still the best video on the subject to date. AND the fact that you make the effort to actively correct misleading/incorrect information? You've earned a new subscriber.
The Vic thing is the reason why my husband and I stopped using Funimation completely. We won't watch anything that has Funimation's grubby hands on it.
The Vic thing, well, the obvious lies in the vic thing, is why I'll gladly pirate any Funimation Anime. Don't worry, I'll also GLADLY explain why I pirate funimation to anyone who asks.
I met him back in Summer 2018, autograph and all, he’s a good man with a good heart. This was a couple of weeks after DBS Broly was fully revealed at SDCC
I met the guy in January of 2018 like a week before Broly was to be released. I was crazy excited because I loved Broly as a character and Vic was probably one of the nicest celebrities I've ever met. I'd been hoping for years that they'd bring Broly back and he'd get to voice him again, so when it happened I was so excited....Then all this shit happened and needless to say I was beyond pissed off.
@@rickyrackey7930 Better yet, either Lalainia Lindbjerg (Ocean dub) or Tiffany Volmer need to voice Bulma again. Colleen would be a good successor though.
Discotek Media is a better choice, but they still flubbed up their recent release of "The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure" by changing the villain's name in the subtitles. So much for preserving the original content.
I find it ironic that Japanese children are exposed to so much more violence in their youth, but Japan has much lower rates of gun violence than here in the U.S.
Vic is literally a darling. He's an amazing person and i'm just not saying that as a fan. I'm saying that because I'm not retarded. It's obvious that he's a flirty person but not in a "get you in bed" way. It's more of a "sit you down, talk about your day with a cup of tea or if you wanna be a little spicy, a glass of wine". Its especially noticeable in the character panels they used to do. He's put his own flirty personality in Edward, where Ed would never be so confident. Like, bruh, did you see the proposal scene?
Nah man, Mr. Satan is still likable, especially after the development he endured in the Buu Saga. His voice actor on the other hand is like if Cell Saga Mr. Satan never got any of that development and actually got worse with his arrogance and attitude.
Nah, Mr Satan is likeable and appreciates his fans. The VA is not at all likeable or even that well known since I doubt most people even know his name. Myself included
They're better, give us episodes in time and are even nicer then official websites like Netflix and crunchy roll. Netflix is somewhat nice but fucking whatever roll that I use now is absolute trash like my WiFi is shit one thing, the server I use doesn't show anime so I have to use VPN and more so I myself can't pay for crunchy roll so a online friend of mine decided to give me so we could catch up on AOT....... Like I wanna pay for Netflix and other sites too but I can't and Netflix for one person to pay is too expensive and I don't even have a job like?? Lmao really. It is a blessing to say the least.
Thank you for making this video. I repeatedly keep watching this and it would be interesting for you to make a part 2 and discuss more about Funimation.
Feel bad for Vic. How quickly and openly his coworkers, some of whom he had known for almost 30 years, threw him under the bus mere days after the allegations came out... cruel business.
You don’t even know half the shit his coworkers did to him. Sean schemmel was making fun of his religion and generally hated the way he sounded and looked like
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78 That's like saying if someone of a certain gender or race treated you badly then it's ok to hate everyone of that affiliation
@Captain Zorc basically his father was catholic I think , was abusive to him. I'm not entirely sure he is Christian mostly likely not. But it's not fair to Vic when he's the generous man I've seen.
@@kittykittybangbang9367 asking a country with zero dub experience, or with just few good voice actors, to dub anime.... When everybody here knows the only country that has More quality and experience in dubbing Is México.
You'd be suprised how much latin American culture and morals conflicts with things shown in anime. I'm pretty sure the majority of anime that get spanish dubs get hit with crazy censorship. Same with Indonesia. If anything this comment is backwards.
@@motor4X4kombat Also not to mention the "rivalry" between Latin American dubs and Mainland Spanish dubs. Take the dubs vs subs arguments, pass them through an Xbox lobby toxicity pool and add 200+ years of cultural tensions and slurs and there you go. Both parties are so defensive of their dubs that it borders on fanaticism and it's honestly pretty pathetic because they always use the same arguments in an eternal hate cycle.
@@Empty_Carbon The hell have you been watching? the only changes they make is name changes in some anime and occasionally extra dialogue about religion. EX: Super Campeones (Captain Tsubasa) Tsubasa is referred to as Oliver and his parents mention La Virgen De Guadalupe. The only anime that got hit was Pokemon, but that's because they were using 4Kids' script and footage rather than the original.
I used to have huge respect for the VAs but when the Vic situation unfolded my whole world shattered. I had no idea they were lying backstabbing snakes, and I’ve been a fan of Dbz ever since I was a kid. I guess the saying “Never meet your heroes” is appropriate for this situation. After that mess, I completely dropped Funi and English Dub. Anything mentioning them just gives me slight anger
Thank you for bringing light to vic. He's an amazing, wholesome person and meeting him was probably one of the greatest experiences of my life. I love him and his work to bits and it's very sad to see him go through these kinds of situations..
@@larrychilders6599 Quinton Flynn is a very well known and prolific voice actor - mainly in the Gaming side of VA. Voiced Raiden in the Metal Gear franchise, Axel in Kingdom Hearts franchise, Reno in Final Fantasy 7 franchise (before the remake). Its the first time I'm hearing allegations against him though, and from what I've seen, it certainly seems like someone with a grudge is attempting to "KickVic" him with false allegations with lacking evidence.
I met Vic at a signing at Sakura-con years ago. The dude was super chill, especially with the girls ahead of me who were practically begging him for a hug which he obliged in spite of the protests of the con security. He also didn't bat an eye when I asked him for a second autograph for my friend who was in the Karaoke competition at the time and was heartbroken to have missed him, especially when she'd hand made a puppet of one of his characters she hoped he'd sign(Some yellow cat thing? I don't recall exactly, I'm not familiar with whatever show it was) and not only did he give me the second signature on the puppet he had the most sincere "aww" look of flattery on his face as he did. He even chatted with me about getting into voice acting until I got shooed off for holding up the line. Stand up guy, IMO.
Was it Sakura-con 2017 by any chance? Because it was that convention that I first met Vic too and I agree, he was super friendly and everyone wanted to see him. Hard to believe this was just 4 years ago when everything was just fine...... I miss the good old days. I miss going to conventions too. Period.
I think the cat puppet may have been Beelzenef which was a cat puppet of Nekozawa a character from Ouran High School Host Club where Vic voiced Tamaki the leader of the host club.
When I met Vic at a convention he was really nice. He was the first anime voice actor that I had met and he signed my FMA Brotherhood box set. I was cosplaying Kikyo from Inuyasha and when he was signing, he joked that my bow was taller than Edward Elric.
I met the guy too (it was at AX) and he was so funny. He was also the first VA I ever met, and at my first convention too. I was Maka from Soul Eater and he saw me, yelling out “MAKA!” which surprised me and everyone behind me. He then said “What’s up, my darling daughter? You look adorable!” I had him sign my scythe which I’m glad he did, then I did a Maka Chop on him after a picture. He was in character the moment he cried out “DON’T HURT YOUR DADDY!”
Normally I disagree, I think piracy is normally pretty immoral, but fuck Funimation, pirate all of their stuff. I mean I already did pirate Yu Yu Hakusho and Ouran High School Host Club before all of this stuff anyway. It's immoral but I do it anyway, lol
@@FrenkTheJoy yeh bro I live In Australia and ever since animelab had been bought by funimation almost every single anime that was on there had been locked behind a pay wall. Note that before they merged, the only thing that you would get premium for is for dubbing and to get rid of ads and the ads were actually entertaining to watch for some anime as I only read manga nowadays and don't have a lot of time to watch anime since I don't have much free time than when I was younger
Anime is the only product where pricary gives you a superior version. I remember when Attack on Titan season came out seeing a Funimation ad about how you can only watch it there. So I got the free trial, then immidately pirated the season after finding out Funimation had neither subbed or dubbed it but fans subbed it already
Corrections: Vic is still in appeals in court as the case is still ongoing. With some conflicting/confusing info, I messed that up slightly. My bad.
The Kaguya-sama edit was by Aniplex, not Funimation
I failed to mention that Vic is confirmed to have had a promiscuous quality even when engaged, so there's plenty of criticism to levy at him for that reason.
Part of the Interspecies Reviewer section was misinformed as apparently the anime added more risque scenes than the manga, though I still feel their continued grip on the license and so on is bad, there was a slightly more adequate reason for them dropping it
One of the sources I used for researching the Vic situation also apparently has been known for excluding information, so I apologize if that seemed especially one-sided. Thanks for continued feedback!
If they didn't like Vic they could've just said it to him
You also forgot about the VA for Buu having what I can only assume to either be a mental breakdown or being as childish as his character when (during the vic situation) he diverted all criticism of his and Rager's actions by tweeting pics and gifs along with some phrases about apples in response to these people on twitter
Create a Second Vid w/Corrections
Yeah, I was wondering if you were gonna make that correction since that was known for months now.
@@sonic23233 Funnily enough, Sean Schemmel did just that at one point.
He actually told Vic that he hated him...... because of how open he is about his religion.
(I believe it had something to do with Sean and his father when he was a kid.
Like his father was really strict about their religion.. or something. Honestly, I can't recall the specifics...
I may be wrong about that last detail, so don't quote me on that.)
But regardless, it's still pretty absurd to not like someone for a reason like that. Vic did nothing to him.
I'd say that _does_ make Sean better than those other shitheads though... even if only _slightly._
Since at least he was up-front about not liking him, rather than being friendly toward him
for over a decade before hurling all kinds of bullshit at him online.
Fun fact, they removed the comment section from their streaming site.
Bruh *what?*
Oh god, I haven’t watched anything on funimation for about a month and I missed so much
They can’t handle criticism
@@cradica, big businesses like Funimation even whenever they do have the comment section turned on they’ll suspend anybody’s accounts if they disagree with them and bring up factual evidence on why their company is shit.
freaking crybabies
“How Funimation Became the Most Hated Dub Studio”
*4Kids sitting in the corner happy that people forgot its atrocious One Piece Dub*
The worst things 4Kids ever did were being painfully amateur and painfully cringe, but here’s the thing: unlike Funimation, 4Kids’ word had lasting positive effects on some of the source studios, YuGiOh and Ultimate Muscle (Kinnikuman Nisei) getting entire seasons funded off them alone. Funimation meanwhile have become one step away from con artist.
@@MagnificantSasquatch it's also kind of the time period, like TV was a lot stricter in the 90's. Hell in the UK it wasn't just anime but normal cartoons too, like you couldn't use the word Ninja so we had the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles instead
@@dracotias
I'm gonna say the N word....
Ninja.
Hahahaha
You gotta admit though, that opening is catchy as hell.
@@LiamP-597 YA YO YAAA YOOOOOO!
The audacity to act oppressed while also saying "if something is not available where you live then it's not for you" and being classist is infuriating to me.
If someone chooses not to serve you, they are the ones choosing not to receive your money. If you resort to piracy and they try to cry that you are stealing from them, remember that you held money to them and they said "no, thank you."
at this point i'd like to apologize to 4kids. at least the stuff they did was just stupid and not outright malicious.
Welcome to the club. Drinks are on me.
@@MasterKnightDH
I'll take a house-specialty *grape juice*
for how 4kids was infamous for toning down anime for kids (pun intended), ironically they also brought us tmnt 2003, and _that_ show went dark at certain episodes when it did.
Poor 4kids, they actually had good (And professional) actors, not high pitch talentless hacks.
I'd take Megan Hollingshead over Monica Rial any day.
@@TheBlockerNator and no one can forget the legend Marc Diraison, the voice of Guts and Zoro, seriously he was such a good actor
*Looks at 4kids*
"Perhaps I've treated you too harshly"
1. Dont show your 2 year old sister mha.
2. 4kids is much much better than funimation at this point
@@150branflakes7 which I find hilarious, like how far does a company need to go to the point where 4kids is better than said company
How
lmaooo
@Gameman03 it sucked, but now, it's WAY better than Funimation.
Remember when the worst things about dubs were changing cigarettes to lollipops and calling rice balls, jelly-filled donuts? Can we go back to that time?
No
@Kinyon Orr I would rather than change guns or cigarettes than have SJW jokes thrown down my throat.
@@kennak8803 ?
I meant I would rather they change guns and cigarettes than have SJW jokes thrown in. Sometime autocorrect sucks and I can’t turn it off.
have you SEEN the 4kids one piece dub? there were much scarier changes that editing out cigarettes 😬
What happened with Vic pissed me off but what drove me to cancel my subscription was how the voice actors like Monica and Jamie acted on twitter, not to mention the others. Instead of staying quiet and letting the courts handle things they turned it into a spectacle and helped further fuel the whole kickvic vs istandwithvic situation. Was just so unprofessional.
I agree with that
Yeah I even heard that the poor guy had to take anti depressants because of it, poor thing
Honestly, that should have been how it was done. But instead, because they didn't do the responsible thing, we have people fabricating evidence and getting caught for it online.
5 months later and they made a stupid podcast about it too. Claiming they're SO over it, yeah bud, sure you are.
@@Keirnoth If anything, they're treating it like their own personal holiday they can now celebrate. To that, I say:
th-cam.com/video/QkpB3DYZ0-8/w-d-xo.html
Man, Vic seemed like a really good guy, it sucks that these people would just attack him for no reason.
Funimation had the balls to advertise themselves on this video
There is no bad publicity
@@yaboydubz3075 no
Strictly speaking I don't believe funimation decides that....still ironic though lol.
@@Jackraiden500 yeah it’s decided by search terms and tags, if funimation is in the tittle or description high likely hood you will see funimation popping up in ads on that video. Just how they are likely to pop up on anime related videos whereas on gaming videos you will receive mobile game ads and upcoming triple A games
bruh moment.
Moral of the story: If you find yourself as a voice actor at funimation, log EVERYTHING.
This is good for almost any situation apparently. Time to turn off the auto-delete on your email.
Yup if you're talking to anyone I suggest taking a couple screenshots at certain points so your words to not get twisted
Rather, if you're a VA in general, log everything.
Voice acting is incredibly clique-y.
@@nicksrandomreviews Oh yeah. If you don't agree with their views, prepare to not get any work.
@@Tanner31904 Yeah, fuck UNFunimation.
Not to mention Rial changed her story four times, made references to structures and locations in the hotel in question that do not and never did exist, and the only third party witness to the alleged event, who Rial herself cited as a witness, sided with Vic.
In a video by dannphan, I remember her pointing out that in her reveal tweet thing, she says in the beginning that she’s the friend that will tell you anything even if it’ll be hard to hear. A few paragraphs later and she says that she could never tell someone else (I think Vic’s partner?) because it’d be heartbreaking. If I’m not remembering wrong, just that part of the story didn’t add up…
I have always and will always defend Vic. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met and he even remembers his fans. I run into him every couple of years (we live in the same state and I'm around that area every so often) and he's always happy to see me and always gives me the biggest hugs (even though he's a foot shorter than me) he stands on the same level as Keanu Reeves and Brendan Fraser where it's impossible for me to believe he's even capable of anything he's been accused of. He's always made sure my female friends are comfortable with hugs before going in and will stop what he's doing just to chat or sign some random piece of merch
That’s awesome. He would make an amazing Sonic TBH.
"How funimation is the most hated dub company"
*gets funimation ad*
Oh god yes I get ads for Funimation every single goddamn day. I was sick of them even before they suddenly got cringier
@@styxthistle497 finally, my kind. Speaking of which, I want to take the girl from they Honey adds, and just make her disappear. Not die, just remove her from existence. She deserves no fanfare.
"StiLl SeArChInG fOr ThE pErFeCt AnImE???!!!!1111"
@@sophiemuffinae6504 *WhiT Teh FUniMaTIOn ApP*
@@sophiemuffinae6504 no I've found multiple perfect anime already lol
The most annoying thing is when they split a season into multiple parts.
Doesn't japan already split certain seasons apart to begin with? For example Aot season 3 got split in half worldwide with the first half in 2018 and the second half in 2019.
Most wierd thing is they gave me an ad for this video.
@@ghuttsmckenzie4269 well that is probably just a coincidence. Depending on what video you are watching you might get a ad regarding the topic the video is talking about
@@Kaiju-bm4ts it's more ironic if anything
@@ghuttsmckenzie4269 yeah it is ironic a coincidence still but definitely ironic
I got to meet Vic in 2009 at a convention and he was the sweetest guy. He took time to chat with each fan. Even if he was not working at a booth he would stop for fans at the convention for pictures and chats.
Coming back here after they announced Funimation is shutting down for good
The story: Sony Pictures Television bought a 95% stake in Funimation for 143 million USD. This was then approved in August 22nd 2017. On August 7th 2018, AT&T fully acquired Otter Media (Crunchyroll owner) this would then end Funimation and Crunchyroll’s partnership being announced on October 18th 2018; then on November 9th 2018 the contents with the merge were removed; thus creating a new let’s say… dubbing vs subbing war. About 2 and a half years pass by, 2021 comes around and on the 9th August 2021, Sony Pictures Entertainment completed the acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T for 1.175 billion USD through the Funimation Global Group, LLC. AT&T (who owned Crunchyroll from August 7th 2018 - August 9th 2021) so 3 years later when Sony took over, they now owned both Funimation and Crunchyroll, Sony then layed off basically all the EX Crunchyroll employees, workers and then took Funimation’s studio (their own) to start working on Crunchyroll instead. They then merged content from Funimation to Crunchyroll which started from March 1st 2022. Crunchyroll then transitioned with Funimation into Crunchyroll LLC. (Previously Funimation Company) Digital Copy’s didn’t however transfer… now let’s say literally now nearly 2 years later. It’s not Crunchyroll that shutdown Funimation, Funimation Merged into Crunchyroll to shut down Funimation’s app and website. Crunchyroll is Funimation’s staff, dubbing team etc just under a mask from when Sony decided to move everything more than likely due to Crunchyroll’s better reputation. Funimation wasn’t as liked so it seemed profitable, Crunchyroll’s site also seems better ran and is far more available in other countries and more people use it. This making Crunchyroll the decision and to just get Funimation’s stuff to Crunchyroll as it was easier.
Lol
@Torchy3271But under Sony that won’t happen…
"It's not available in my country"
"You're NOT supposed to watch it."
Who the flying fck does she think she is to dictate which countries get to enjoy anime?
A strong independent (white and probably relatively wealthy that have never faced real struggle in life) woman, you nazi bigot!
This song perfectly sums up Funimation th-cam.com/video/Wn_lfATheJ0/w-d-xo.html I started watching anime lab with a VPN
@@ArcaniaSkypirateDen9516 This is why i will continue to watch sub on pirated websites
@@H-FJTV 👍
Either that or she was only spelling out how ugly these copyright laws could be this whole time. Hope it's not the latter.
Marchi actually told fans if they didn't like her work and wanted anime that stayed true to the translations,to just learn japanese. If funimation ever wants to gain fan confidence back they need to fire all these ppl.
Ngl I was really disappointed when I found out it was marchi of all people that voiced rias Gremory 😔
@@theopinionatedcharles2795 better stay with hikasa yoko then. lmao
Honestly, let's take that advice and shove it down their throats and make their companies go out of buisness. Compliance is the best revenge when it literally goes against what they really want :3
@@gaywerewolf1294 agreed,I haven't purchased anything from funimation in quite some time,also been taking Japanese classes for several months.
@@jeffallen1759 wow, madlad!
Another reason why Funimation is hated is because of Scott Freeman, who famously played Issei Hyoudou in High School DxD and England in Hetalia, and who was arrested back in 2014 for possession of CP. Funimation didn’t cut ties with him until AFTER he was convicted, meaning they kept working with him even AFTER he was arrested for being an evil sex monster!
I remember the whole Vic situation going down and seeing Monica act horribly on twitter with no repercussions whatsoever, regardless it broke my heart tbh
That’s the whole point of independent contractor VAs like Monica and the rest of the Fuckimation crew have: freedom. Dare I say, too much freedom. You see, VAs can’t be held responsible for their actions on social media and irl. That’s because they don’t have obligations/ ties to said company. In Japan, as an individual, your work ethics are taken seriously in the VA industry. You are signed to a talent voice agency contract which means they can fire you at any given moment if anything bad were to happen. Anything you do in the industry as well as outside that is seen as controversial or problematic are seen as a violation of said contract. Which means you can be held responsible for the actions you reap.
Colleen O’Shaughnessy should have voiced Bulma instead. She is one of the most loving and most talented VAs ever. You may recognize her as Tails from the Sonic franchise.
@@rickyrackey7930 it could work tbh, both characters are inventors after all
@@rickyrackey7930For that to happen the DB license would need to not be in Funimation’s incompetent hands.
*Looks at Ghost Stories Dub*
"No, no, not you, it's okay, you did good"
Good thing Funi didn't get that one before it was too late
Honestly if you showed me the Ghost Stories Dub I would of thought it would be some fan dub like DBZA but it's actually the official dub. I think they (original publishers) gave them (English translators) the right to fully change the script.
That's ADV for ya'
@@CoolerMike Pretty much, they told them they could do anything but change the names of characters and other stuff probably. They just wanted this to sell.
Funimation tries to be Ghost Stories but doing a horrible job at it
"Anime is a luxury." So is getting our money. Sell us something we're willing to buy or you get nothing.
Exactly.
Literally all of her responses sound like somebody who doesn’t want to get paid, because a lot of the money earned is through Murch and physical copy purchasing. If the fans of the anime can’t afford either guess who doesn’t get the money from sales revenue? You.
It’s as if they’re so detached from the real world that when it eventually comes to bite them in the ass all they’re going to know how to do is whine and bitch and moan about it and how it’s unfair.
Bet you she’d say “stop being poor“ if given the opportunity.
They still own the rights and knowingly supporting someone financially, be passive or actively, who is stealing from someone else is illegal. Just don't watch the anime if a company you don't like owns the rights.
Life in the High seas it is
@@tombolt13thexehanort29 "Just don't watch the anime if a company you don't like owns the rights."
It's not like the money I pay them somehow end up in the hands of the original creators, plus I both hate them and want to watch the show, so why shouldn't I pirate it?
For most shows that don't go on for several seasons (or shows that aren't expected to anyways) the license for it is paid in a flat sum, not as a royalty. This means that all proceeds you pay goes only to them, not further supporting the author in any way. I can maybe get your argument for longer-running shows, like BnHA, One Piece, or at one point in time Fairy Tail, but for everything else not supporting the monopoly is literally just giving (a minuscule, of course) bit more hope to smaller studios.
What I find infuriating about the Vic scandal is that funi is willing to throw him under the bus with just allegations and yet there are people like Daman Mills and Scott Freeman, with the former getting away with m**esting a boy under legal age, and spewing out racial slurs on FACEBOOK and with the latter being only booted due to acting late (better late than never, I guess) in his heinous activity, which is CP possession.
I thought Mills was just a KickVic member. But you're saying he actually touched a minor and is racist?
“Freaky Alien Genotype.”
-Vegeta
@@DrDolan2000
So it turns out the guy who made those accusations fabricated them out of jealousy.
Nevermind, it seems Daman himself confirmed he got with that guy. The lie is that he molested him. Apparently it was a consensual relationship, and the guy only made up the molestation claim because he felt "abandoned".
On one hand, Daman isn't a molester. But on the other, he still slept with a teenager in his 20's, so nobody here's innocent.
I've personally met Vic, he is a REALLY nice person and I got a really great vibe from him. Why anyone would attack him is beyond me because he is a sweetheart.
It's because he's a outspoken Christian & doesn't shove politics into Dubs. Oh he is very popular than those woke SJW VAs.
Broly: 🔥🤬🔥
His Voice actor: ❤️🥰❤️
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78 Dude, it’s the 2020s. Anyone who unironically thinks “SJW”s are a legit problem are the same people who worshipped Leafyishere and get mad when they can’t be the most insensitive jerks imaginable anymore.
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78late to the party but Roger Craig Smith is the same way, he keeps politics out of it
It just sucks when I found out that a lot of the VAs I admired aren't really the best people..
I feel your pain
Yeah, I agree. Which is why I usually stick to the voice actors from California than the ones in Texas. I think they're just better, especially as people.
No wonder some people say to never have heroes
That's why I rather to promote Original Japanese Seiyuus, than Funi English Voice Actors acted like Political Activists.
I was devastated when I found out the VA for England in Hetalia was caught with CP and became a registered sex offender. I legit loved his voice acting and his voice became iconic to England for me :'C
Whether Vic is guilty or not is something I can't control. The fact that Funimation dropped him just on allegations while defending Chris and Sean for doing the same exact things they accused Vic of, and then take the word of a man who literally abused three of his now ex-wives...
They stood by Scott Freeman, a VA who has charged with CP. They stood by him until the very end.
Yet against Vic, the minute a slight whiff of an issue, they drop him like a rock.
@@elliottgaal9774 Well, a lot of the people in positions of power at Funimation personally hated him anyways for one reason or another. Most common theory is that they hated him for being an outspoken Christian or because he didn't toe the political line. Which wouldn't be surprising if you asked me, but I can only think what I think, I cannnot know what I don't know.
Either way, it's obvious that they were just looking for an excuse to give Vic the axe at this point, even if that excuse was made up from whole cloth.
The false allegations against him were the most convenient excuse at their disposal, especially in the wake of the whole MeToo movement, which had already devolved into a modern-day equivalent of the Salem Witch Trials by that point.
Thus, the moment the allegations arose, the people at Funimation jumped on the opportunity like hyenas on a carcass, claimed to investigate on the matter to give off a façade of integrity, made a very botched and biased investigation (if they investigated at all), and promptly gave Vic the axe a week later, with the public being none the wiser.
It would've been the perfect crime, were it not for the substantial amount of evidence of corruption and other dishonest behavior (such as forging evidence) that was gathered in the following months as well as many of the people disavowing the so-called "evidence" provided by KickVic.
At the end of the day, I think it's safe to say that the whole Vic fiasco essentially signed Funimation's death warrant, with their quasi-monopoly on the anime licensing industry and Dragon Ball sales barely keeping them alive.
It's only a matter of time before their company goes out of business, as more and more people are becoming aware of their corruption and fleeing for greener pastures.
@@BananaChicken21 The more time passes, the more it does feel a plot to remove Vic
Did Monica and Ron divorce?
@@hilotakenaka ah yes the REAL question is finally being asked
It's disgusting to me when someone makes accusations and then there is no punishment when the accusations turn out to be unfounded.
Whoa, I totally didn't know about just how dubious the claims against Mignogna were. It's sick how many opportunists ruined this whole guy's career, not only damaging his life, but making it that much harder for ACTUAL victims of sexual assault to be believed.
That last part is true! When the Elliot gindi news broke a couple weeks ago, my first thought was “is this legit or another Vic situation?” Turns out it seems pretty real there, which actually made my initial doubts feel terrible…
"Best way to combat piracy is to offer superior service" -GabeN or someone else, don't remember
Lord Gaben Newell
Not wrong though
Steam regional pricing made me drop piracy because games were made affordable.
lol its cause of steam i dont pirate games
Steam is so convenient that I don’t pirate anymore
I also wanna add Brittany Lauda, a Funimation VA who said people who make fandubs are not allowed to get professional work.... Yet she herself started off as a fandubber. She doesn't specify what kind of fandubber she's referring to, make it seem like she's condemning all kinds of fandubs instead of the bad ones that are obviously looking for profits.
I'm surprised he forgot to mention that
This! I’m an online VA myself and a lot of Funi’s current pool did start out as fandubbers (I believe Justin Briner and Kira Buckland are two more examples? Don’t quote me on that). JS might not have known about it, but then again, VA business is hella tricky to research on.
remember when kaiser neko agreed with her.. even though tfs is how he got to be in an ep of dbz kai?/??
I'm sure she's just trying to discourage others because she knows she can be easily replaceable.
@@nexusgiga don’t forget xv2, with most of the tfs cast getting voice lines for cac
It’s odd that the women who flirted with him a lot are the ones harassing Vic. Seems they’re just upset he wouldn’t date them 🤷🏼♀️
If Vic truly was a monster & didn't care that he was upsetting people, he wouldn't have apologized. He did apologize & I respect him for that. No one is 100% perfect, so we shouldn't expect him to be. He isn't homophobic for not wanting to see Anime characters that he has voiced be in Yaoi situations either. He sees it as disrespectful & disturbing. People that call Vic homophobic are just pissed off that he won't play their perverted games with him. He also is not a bible thumper because he made CDs of The Gospel of John. Vic created those as a way to give back to the fans, in an act of kindness, because he is a man of god. I'm atheist, but I took the CDs during a 2009 convention because they are a gift. He made them out of the goodness of his own heart & gave them away 100% free at his signing tables because he wants to spread the love of his religion. I shouldn't even have to explain this. It's reasonable thinking.
I'm not a homophobe, but it really bugs me when I see people being like "[character] is a GAY ICON" when the character is 100% straight and in-universe is uncomfortable with any same sex romantic interactions, so I can only imagine how much worse that would skeeve me if I was the creator of those characters or even if I was the voice actor.
Like it's one thing when the character has no ostensible sexuality at all, but when the character is obviously straight, getting angry at people for saying "hey don't do yaoi of that character" is stupid.
Especially when the character's a minor~
@@FrenkTheJoy I totally agree. The tragic truth is that some people just don't give a shit. They don't care whom they hurt & offend. All they want is a reaction out of the people they're targeting. Children & animals should be left out of all sexual situations, ALL OF THEM.
@@FrenkTheJoy Fujoshis are scary things. I've lost count of the times I've seen one of them call another person "homophobic" for not shipping two straight guys or girls together.
I don't agree with telling people what to or not to draw, since it's, well, drawings, but telling people that they HAVE to like YOUR ship is even worse.
Goku was not even atheist like Edward Elric. Although he himself was never faithful or prayerful.
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The Eng VA of Aizawa called people who watched anime on kissanime “scumbags” and “not true fans” just ignoring the fact that some people might not be able to afford it
Ight my scumbag ass is still gonna watch it on free sites 😭😭 whats he gonna do ?
@@asinine8143 fr like what's he gonna do about? come to my house and beat my ass?
Alex Organ or Christopher Wehkamp?
@@danksonic it was Christopher
@@asinine8143 RIGHHTTTT like it was so entitled and a jerk to say that!!
VAs: (Have allegations with proof of them being Child Predators)
Funimation: I sleep
Vic: (Gets falsely accused with no proof)
Funimation: SPONGEBOB ME BOY, YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE PAYING ME LEGAL FEES, ARGH, ARGH ARGH ARGH ARGH
Talking about the low double standards. This is why i hate Funimation.
That's because Funimation never fired him for the accusations, Sabat just wanted an excuse to can him and they used accusations everyone involved knew were false to do it.
They hate Vic, it's speculated because he's an outspoken Christian. Sean Schemmel is the one who seems to act like a douche to everyone, but he stays.
@@VGamingJunkie Sean, Chris, and Greg Ayres are confirmed to hate Vic for being an outspoken Christian for sure. Allegedly it also got out that he was on some level a Trump supporter (I believe he simply supports all presidents or something milquetoast like that) and that made him even more hated in the office.
@@Thedarkbunnyrabbit Poor guy just wants to be on everyone's good side, and yet he gets the shit end of the stick... but the stick is itself already made of shit, so they gave him the end that had pinworms and diarhea
Omg. I didn't realize people were calling out Funimation years before Jamie Marchi's psychotic breakdown
The title shall now be "how FUNimation WAS the most hated dub studio"
The Vic situation still sucks all these years later.
Years? The whole KickVic thing started back in the beginning of 2019. It hasn't yet been two years.
@@badboyluvr hmm I remember hearing about stuff happening to Vic a lot longer ago.
@@dawnevergarden3275 Perhaps you heard accusations about Vic before that went down? I know I've heard nasty rumors about Vic since I was in middle school. But the thing is, no one took those rumors seriously, due to no real evidence & of course the fact that one had tried to take Vic to court.
@@badboyluvr that must be it but I thought he got dropped so long ago too.
@@badboyluvr and no one ever has either. He took THEM to court because people think social media is the new police for whatever reason (which is weird because the 2,000 woman that Ron Toye claims knew he was a pedo or rapist... are accomplices to that crime for not reporting it)
Ok but nobody complained about the Ghost Stories dub. It’s so hilarious that there’s a Japanese dub of the English dub
A discovered a few days ago that on Funimation I was looking forward to completing two anime’s that I’ve been looking forward to watching which are Castle Town Dandelion and Shomin Sample
I never watch dubs because I’ve heard the terrible voice acting and it sounds like someone who has no emotions
But anyways I immediately noticed that on Castle Town only 2 out of the 12 episodes has Japanese available and the rest where completed English without an option to choose Japanese
And on Shomin sample all of the 12 episodes are all English without an option to switch the language to Japanese and it really pissed me off
Nobody complained about Bobobo or samurai pizza cats either. But as we *alllll know* dubs are shit.
By supporting anyone who brings allegations with little to no proof and immediately firing them. Then Funimation is by effect, supporting the people who truly hate women. This does nothing but fuel fire. If Funimation acted like how a company should and let investigations happen, then this all could've been avoided. I have refused to spend a single dollar at Funimation since this happened. With them buying Crunchyroll, I have also stopped supporting them.+
Just saying if your first reaction to a woman telling you she was raped is to ask her for proof or else she's lying you are a terrible person
@@guacamollie2460 How the hell you get that conclusion? That's nothing at all what I said or what the topic was about.
There is also a difference from comforting someone and needing to see proof. Nice try gaslighting.
As a wise man once said: "It can take over a decade to build up your reputation, and then seconds to ruin it."
And they built it entirely off of a license they stole.
Funimation is slowly becoming the EA of the voice acting world
EA, Activision and Bethesda of voice acting
EA hired sexual predators too?
@@CarloNassar: 2K with using Kobe Bryant's person for some crappy limited version of NBA 2K21 suits here more!
@@RatedShadowXrd s/EA, Activision and Bethesda/Ubisoft
@@CarloNassar Nono that's Ubisoft
Funimation: We won't be dubbing Interspecies Reviewers anymore because of our standards
Also Funimation: Dubs Highschool DxD
they also dubbed that one show about that kid living with that busty blonde woman (yes, there are ara ara jokes and such)
edit: I checked, it's called Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
And if you wouldn't dub it why would you keep the rights, stopping anyone who wanted to dub it?
Even with DxD. I enjoyed the Anime, but they ruined the dub with their cringe AF dialogue. I can still remember that "Tide Pod" joke.
Which dubbing studio had their Issei VA end up being a pedophile, I can't remember what it was, do any of y'all remember?
They also dubbed an anime about female athletes who have to knock their opponents off a floating platform using their chest and ass.
Poor Vic ;-;
Literally one of the coolest voice actors ever
It's funny because Chris Sabat is very much a moderate-liberal, he's not a social justice warrior by any means. I never pegged him as the kind of guy that would destroy someones life just because of an allegation, so clearly he has a lot personal bias against Vic. And emphasis on the "clearly", because we know from testimony that Vic would be the subject of a lot of jealousy.
I study translation and number one rule each of my professors preach is "Your job is to translate what the original creator aspires to say in your language, not what you THINK they want to say or what YOU WANT it to sound like."
Slight correction: Toonami started BEFORE 4kids' reign with Pokemon and Yu Gi Oh
@Liberty Justice Toonami's still around on Adult Swim, but it's on late at night
@Liberty Justice Yeah and that alien came back to plague Tom 4 in a comic and 4.5 on the actual block.
that's true, it was there way before 4kids
@Liberty Justice TOM also decides to lecture you about how you're a bad person, unless you think the way you're told to. Never mind that his paycheck comes from a company with many a skeleton in their closet.
@Liberty JusticeIt was pretty shit.
He literally draws attention to people just wanting escapism and saying "Tough shit." to the audience.
Sometimes Funimation got away with changing the script in Hetalia, but only when the add ins weren't handfisted and the VAs seemed to be having fun. Although, i often prefer the original for its canon and Japanese humor, while other times the English version adds jokes with a more American perspective. Hit and miss, but an east and west perspective together, if well executed, can really work. CAN work.
I’m of this opinion when it comes to the Vic situation, if he’s innocent, then it means that they fired an innocent man, well, giving more respect and dignity to actual pedophiles, and are still actively hiring creeps.
If he’s guilty, that still means that Monica, Jamie and the other should not be treated as victims because it means that they knowingly and willingly put their underage fans at risk . Think about it they claim that this was a “open secret “that he was a predator and yet they chose to do nothing.
Funimation's actions are why fan dubs are coming back.
Who does Fan dubs tho?
And Media Blasters is still alive and kicking, even after over 20 years
@@antoinecharlesdegaulle580 Something Witty Entertainment, The Schmuck Squad, TeamFourStar, abridging is the new fandubs.
@@Blackpapalink TFS is coming back?
@@ninjaqwest2733 No, but they are doing a mini Dragonball Z series.
I’m glad someone is finally talking about Unfunimation.
A ton of people have been doing especially after the Vic Mignogina thing
You shouldn't be watching
You forgot the I in Funimation
But hey, they don’t even deserve that type of respect
@@erzlinthewatcher I’m still watching.
is jojo in funimation or no
These female VAs are on a fucking power trip.
Probably cause they never had power anywhere else but here THEY’RE ALL POWERFUL
Here now that they're about to be gone.
Funimation was once the company that got me into Anime and dubs in general.
Now they're the company that constantly forces me to say "Yo ho ho, me harties."
His name is zoro he’s like a samurai
@@biggoofy And a L-A-D-Y Nami's not shy.
Oh yeah, and if they wanna get on my case, I'll just tell 'em "Vic says fuck you."
@@richiejobro5639
Usop is doing that marksman thing
@@ImmaLittlePip Sanji’s cooking, chopper’s doctoring!
The Vic situation is just like the Johhny Depp situation. Even if they lose there will still be overwhelming support for them.
Nah, he's more like Naofumi's situation for Rising of the Shield Hero
except johnny boy actually admitted to abusing amber. its hardly the same situation lmfao dont compare vic to king stanky mcstankster
@@nesssss343 You wanna try researching that? I've not seen a single report of that, bit I've seen a good few where Amber admits to bullying Johnny. Everyone who knows Johnny is adamant he didn't do it, and everyone Amber has gone out with before or since has turned up with a few extra marks. All it takes is a quick Google search to avoid making a fool of yourself. I've literally just done it.
@@nesssss343 I've never seen a single report of that (if you edivence please show) however amber has actually admitted you litterly look up the recording online on youtube
What happened with Johnny Depp?
This video aged well
I got to meet him in 2016, Vic gives the best bear hugs. I’m so sad I’ll never get to hug him again… he’s just so sweet, I hope he gets loads of work with other companies and maybe even people in Japan adopting him as a American representative or something for anime idk, get him back! We need his talents and morality.
He would make a great Sonic.
When you say "Sailor Moon initially failed on to catch on in the west", that's only really true for the Americas. Sailor Moon was HUGE in Germany and other European countries right from the get-go, I was born in 1992 and when I entered Kindergarten in 1996, you couldn't turn around without seeing some kid with Sailor Moon merch.
Actually in america Sailor Moon was huge but it dropped in popularity after the 4th season
And it was very popular in Mexico and south america
@@ImmaLittlePip
Slight correction after doing some research:
Sailor Moon's English dub was released in 1995, a year before Dragon Ball Z. The English dub of Sailor Moon premiered on the Canadian Network, YTV in August of that year and in America a month later. Like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon did not have a successful air time airing on various syndicated networks across America before being picked up by Toonami, which also aired the last 17 episodes of the second season, R and omitted one episode from that season. The last season, Stars did not receive an English dub until 2019, when VIZ Media acquired the entire series 5 years prior. I heard that Stars was controversial and maybe that could have been why it didn't have an English dub after
over 20 years
You are so lucky, it never caught on in my country and I still remember how I mentioned it in preschool and the other kids were like "wtf is that" 😂
@@xXDOREMIVSSONICXx , I watched the entire first season of Sailor Moon Crystal, and I didn’t really love the series as much as I love One Piece, but my sisters of mine in real life love the series.
Funny thing: a FEMINIST called Marchi's Dragon Maid line out. I guess to Marchi, that feminist is a misogynist now.
And that feminist was a actual real feminist and not a fake possing butthurt Twitter lesbian with a superiority complex
@@est4321 I believe this is the one. I might be wrong, but IT FEELS GOOD to see a feminist actually call out Funimation's stupidity!
www.animefeminist.com/discourse-arent-problematic-translations-fixed/
Didn’t the original japanese owners call them out to and demand they fix it?
@@alastor-yw7og rare these days, and even now i'm doubtful it was even for good reasons.
@@loggior.speedweed4345 I didn't hear that, but I hope it's true.
I feel so bad for vic. The man just lived and was destroyed. I can't believe all of that happened.
Bin Shimada, the Japanese voice of Broly actually gave his thoughts on the scandal. Quote: “It’s a very cruel thing to do.” and I can’t agree with him enough.
@@rickyrackey7930 holy shit
I feel bad for Vic he was such a good voice actor I love his work that should not have happened to him
R.I.P Vis acting job :( f**k u funny f**k u
You have a right to think about him.
The Vic case makes me sad, poor guy got ganged up on for nothing, this is not the law of equivalent exchange.
I feel even worse for laughing at your comment
At least he’s now working for Viz. He did the dub voice for Rohan in Jojo Part 4.
@Patrick Star Against men.*
@@diamondmetal3062 oh nice, hopefully the guy is doing well for himself, he honestly was a better va than probably any of us acusers.
@@muhummadkhan5787 I think that's part of the issue. Jealousy is a bitch. There's a reason during conventions none of the other VAs draw lines like Vic.
At this point I'm thinking Vic getting fired was a blessing in disguise.
I get what you mean
why?
@@SpyQ_ because he's out of that awful environment.
@@roymustang5922 ah
Than who's gonna hire Vic right now?
I think the only reason they wanted Vic put was cos he was openly Christian and openly happy about it they couldn’t have that around since they were living in a politically correct, anti religious “progressive” atmosphere
It’s really annoying, I kinda get why people dislike them now
@stupid Cat I want to let you know homosexiality IS a sin but we followers of Christ aren't suppose to hate the sinner just the sin. Hope you didn't come across anyone you picked on you. I love Vic and the other Vas (even Monica, Jamie, Chris etc...) but he does associate himself with ungodly stuff which is questionable to me though I don't think I have ANY right to speak here since I still associate myself with the same things just in a different way. For the record I'm not saying he's guilty but maybe this is a blessing in disguise to help him escape. God bless you and thanks for your compassion.
Man I remember I was fucking pissed for what they did to Vic! Lost all respect for Rial and Marchi.
#IStandWithVic
It's bit of a shame how these two women shown their true colors especially Marchi. Ironically, my favorite characters who are voiced by Jamie are Cana, Rias Grimory, and Mt. Lady.
I lost respect for Funimation after the Vic aligations. I actually met in in 2014 and he was nothing, but respectful. I still have the photo with him hugging me and I was genuinely happy.
He is a great guy unlike the others
the hevy She was happy when he did it basically implying it was agreed upon by both parties.
@@ganja9398 it was. In the photo I'm hugging back.
@the hevy It was consensual. Should not be used as a detriment against him.
@the hevy it was consensual, what
Apparently, some big Japanese studio's are busy with a possible TH-cam release where they sub it themselves. If that takes off then hopefully funimation will be dead in a year or so.
Yeah that sounds great
I think you are assuming we are going to get that. Japan keeps most good things to themselves.
@@ForrestFox626 right now you can’t watch it however you can visit the youtube channel but right now it’s only old stuff
TH-cam would ruin it. Too much censorship.
th-cam.com/users/Anilog7
28:50 wait. His name is SCOTT FREEMAN? And he got off ... scott free until 2015? oh my
The part about Vic was really bothersome. When you look at everything in context and get rid of the false "evidence" he seems like an extremely nice person. They need to start charging people criminally for making false allegations. It's sickening that people can try (often succeeding) to destroy someone's life but still get away scott free even if PROVED to be downright lying.
@stupid Cat We can still definitely take accusations seriously - But we should also take consequences just as seriously. Not only that, but the Internet shouldn't persecute someone's life. The amount of herd mentality that goes with cyberbullying is so depressing to see.
The Japanese voice of Broly, Bin Shimada actually gave his thoughts on Vic’s scandal. Saying quote “A Very cruel thing to do.”
Jamie actually said Vic whispered something sexual in her ear, but couldn't remember what it was, but definitely knows it was sexual somehow.
Jamie like the junko/panty anarchy voice actress?
Vic: i didn't say anything sexual.
Jamie: rrrrrrrreeeeeeeeee liar believe all wahmins.
How did Jamie know it was sexual if they couldn’t remember? Doesn’t make sense.
@@KhanMann66 Didn't you get the memo ? Questioning a woman's accusations because they don't make sense is misogyny./s
Jamie also said that Vic initiated some tango dance with her, and yet video footage showed evidence to the contrary.
A slight correction: Mignogna v. Funimation, et al is still in appeals as of December 4, 2020.
The Texas Second Court of Appeals have not published their ruling, yet.
May Vic win so he can get on with his life
@@GnosisZX even if he lost there are no way people stop supporting him, i'm glad VIc case turns out exposing more messed up action from funi and their vas like that eren dub va.
Thx. It’s been hard finding recent news on the case. Damn news sites only focus on trending crap and never keep consistency with court cases
I hope Texas keeps being based and not be a bitch
And now the guy who plays Freeza - and is still alive - turns out to like 'em _young._ Daman Mills was accused with trying to get a 15-year-old to of course, send noods. Oh, but a dirty joke about a frickin' jelly bean, *that's* where you cross the life, right _Freeza?_
Do you think Kevin Michael Richardson would make a good Frieza even tho he is a Union VA?
@@rickyrackey7930 nah; his voice is too deep.
@@TheEmperorHyperionAnyways, WHAT?! Is that true?
@rickyrackey7930 I don't even remember the article and it's probably memory-holed, but yeah.
Isn't Vic kind of like Johnny Depp in this situation?
Yeah.
I remember actually attending a panel with Vic back in like 2012-2013 where he talked about his Christianity briefly. He specifically mentioned that his version of the religion is one that focuses on loving others and being compassionate, and that he does not believe in looking down on others for their sexuality or for having different beliefs or whatever. The homophobia claims are especially strange to me for that reason.
Idea feuled by the more popular and more powerful version of Christianity, the one tangled with conservatism
He is describing true Christianity. It's supposed to simply be about being humble, generous, brave, and selfless. Thats it. Love your neighbor. All of the creepy oppressive shit is against the core values
@@Rich_P_Anya Especially the shitting on Islam and Judaism, they're just branches of Christianity that left earlier
It's like shitting on different type of humans that came... earlier
@@TechBlade9000 technically Islam came after Christianity but I understand your point
Its because a lot of Christians are homophobic and that's become part of a stereotype.
I wish Vic could've had a Johnny Depp situation where everyone just got mad at the people who put him in his situation.
He did. It's just that Funimation's diehard fanboys are louder than the majority.
@@Klonoahedgehog and that sadly many anime "fans" in the US ARE the nutjob sexist social justice types..
Doesn’t help that many people outside of anime fandoms don’t consider voice actors as actual celebrities.
Isn't he still getting flack too?
But Johnny Depp was innocent
Still the best video on the subject to date.
AND the fact that you make the effort to actively correct misleading/incorrect information? You've earned a new subscriber.
So Jamie Marchi is essentially the Amy Schumer of anime.
She's worst.
The Vic thing is the reason why my husband and I stopped using Funimation completely. We won't watch anything that has Funimation's grubby hands on it.
Edit: I also love Todd so so much. I follow Vic and Todd still. We are big fans of both of them
same with me, the vic situation is the good reason why i stopped watching dub altogether
I won't give them one cent of my money.
@@Swordsmen99 A lot of us did.
The Vic thing, well, the obvious lies in the vic thing, is why I'll gladly pirate any Funimation Anime.
Don't worry, I'll also GLADLY explain why I pirate funimation to anyone who asks.
I meet Vic last year in March. He is such a sweet guy too.
Hey man thanks I rarely get compliments
@@ridiculousvic6324 hey man thanks I rarely get compliments
I met him back in Summer 2018, autograph and all, he’s a good man with a good heart. This was a couple of weeks after DBS Broly was fully revealed at SDCC
@@Libtardo123 hey man thanks I rarely get compliments
I met the guy in January of 2018 like a week before Broly was to be released. I was crazy excited because I loved Broly as a character and Vic was probably one of the nicest celebrities I've ever met. I'd been hoping for years that they'd bring Broly back and he'd get to voice him again, so when it happened I was so excited....Then all this shit happened and needless to say I was beyond pissed off.
They died in their 30th anniversary.
Monica being the voice of Bulma makes sense now...they're both narcissists
Colleen O’Shaughnessy would be a much better Bulma.
@@rickyrackey7930 Better yet, either Lalainia Lindbjerg (Ocean dub) or Tiffany Volmer need to voice Bulma again. Colleen would be a good successor though.
@@thesladesterb3vt3co7hJust place some voice lines of Ino Yamanaka over Bulma and it fits like a glove.
@@rickyrackey7930 Cool.
This is why I am very glad they doesn’t have the dubbing rights to lupin the third anymore.
My worst fear is that someday Funimation will make a doraemon gag dub
Ah but I think they do for Conan still rip
Discotek Media is a better choice, but they still flubbed up their recent release of "The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure" by changing the villain's name in the subtitles. So much for preserving the original content.
@@justacarbuncle they don't, discotek is releasing new releases in English
@@PepsiMan666 oh okay cool. But didn’t they work on the episode one special dub?
Support the indie dubbing companies, Media Blasters is still dubbing and distributing anime even in the year of 2020
I honestly didn't know media blasters was still around. I have some of their releases I was able to scoop up on ebay
I’ve never heard of that company. I hope they get big and they aren’t bought by another corporation
@@tmck4138 they've been around for multiple decades
@@tmck4138 they have been around since the mid 90’s and produce indie anime that hardly anyone knows about
The problem is most people would rather watch the most popular shonen anime at the time and I don’t think they dub that
I find it ironic that Japanese children are exposed to so much more violence in their youth, but Japan has much lower rates of gun violence than here in the U.S.
Vic is literally a darling. He's an amazing person and i'm just not saying that as a fan. I'm saying that because I'm not retarded. It's obvious that he's a flirty person but not in a "get you in bed" way. It's more of a "sit you down, talk about your day with a cup of tea or if you wanna be a little spicy, a glass of wine". Its especially noticeable in the character panels they used to do. He's put his own flirty personality in Edward, where Ed would never be so confident. Like, bruh, did you see the proposal scene?
Funimation be like: “He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague upon our houses.
I like how the guy that voices Mt. Satan ACTS like Mr. Satan in real life. True commitment to the role😌
Nah man, Mr. Satan is still likable, especially after the development he endured in the Buu Saga. His voice actor on the other hand is like if Cell Saga Mr. Satan never got any of that development and actually got worse with his arrogance and attitude.
@@keybladeoverlord He acts like Blackbeard
Nah, Mr Satan is likeable and appreciates his fans. The VA is not at all likeable or even that well known since I doubt most people even know his name. Myself included
Mr. Satan was one "Hell" of a name.
@@cerebralmalsey I read your name as "Abominable" Treason first. I hope your abdomen is ok.
Pirated anime sites are the greatest thing to happen to anime
Duh, no kidding.
Ahoy~
-Houshou Marine
They're better, give us episodes in time and are even nicer then official websites like Netflix and crunchy roll. Netflix is somewhat nice but fucking whatever roll that I use now is absolute trash like my WiFi is shit one thing, the server I use doesn't show anime so I have to use VPN and more so I myself can't pay for crunchy roll so a online friend of mine decided to give me so we could catch up on AOT....... Like I wanna pay for Netflix and other sites too but I can't and Netflix for one person to pay is too expensive and I don't even have a job like?? Lmao really. It is a blessing to say the least.
i would go as far enough as to say that anime would not be a thing outside of japan at all today if not for the pirate sites.
as a frequent kissanime user, I completely agree
Thank you for making this video. I repeatedly keep watching this and it would be interesting for you to make a part 2 and discuss more about Funimation.
Funimation: -wants censored dubs*
Ghost Stories: *no*
Feel bad for Vic. How quickly and openly his coworkers, some of whom he had known for almost 30 years, threw him under the bus mere days after the allegations came out... cruel business.
You don’t even know half the shit his coworkers did to him. Sean schemmel was making fun of his religion and generally hated the way he sounded and looked like
@@AyyyyJayyyy its all because of Sean's stepfather Franz Schemmel who abuse him.
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78 that's no excuse to be a terrible person.
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78
That's like saying if someone of a certain gender or race treated you badly then it's ok to hate everyone of that affiliation
@Captain Zorc basically his father was catholic I think , was abusive to him. I'm not entirely sure he is Christian mostly likely not. But it's not fair to Vic when he's the generous man I've seen.
Hispanic american: they just ruined the spanish dub from my favorite animes.
US people: get in the line...
Wait even the Spanish dub industry has their problems? Like what are the problems with the Spanish dubbing industry?
@@kittykittybangbang9367 asking a country with zero dub experience, or with just few good voice actors, to dub anime.... When everybody here knows the only country that has More quality and experience in dubbing Is México.
You'd be suprised how much latin American culture and morals conflicts with things shown in anime. I'm pretty sure the majority of anime that get spanish dubs get hit with crazy censorship. Same with Indonesia. If anything this comment is backwards.
@@motor4X4kombat Also not to mention the "rivalry" between Latin American dubs and Mainland Spanish dubs. Take the dubs vs subs arguments, pass them through an Xbox lobby toxicity pool and add 200+ years of cultural tensions and slurs and there you go. Both parties are so defensive of their dubs that it borders on fanaticism and it's honestly pretty pathetic because they always use the same arguments in an eternal hate cycle.
@@Empty_Carbon The hell have you been watching? the only changes they make is name changes in some anime and occasionally extra dialogue about religion.
EX: Super Campeones (Captain Tsubasa)
Tsubasa is referred to as Oliver and his parents mention La Virgen De Guadalupe.
The only anime that got hit was Pokemon, but that's because they were using 4Kids' script and footage rather than the original.
I used to have huge respect for the VAs but when the Vic situation unfolded my whole world shattered. I had no idea they were lying backstabbing snakes, and I’ve been a fan of Dbz ever since I was a kid. I guess the saying “Never meet your heroes” is appropriate for this situation.
After that mess, I completely dropped Funi and English Dub. Anything mentioning them just gives me slight anger
I don't blame you.
There are still good people that work in the industry such as Kyle Herbert, Travis Willingham, Patrick Seitz, and Bryce Papenbrook.
@@rickyrackey7930And until his passing, Chris Ayres.
What about Bang Zoom, Ocean, Cup of Tea and Viz Media? They’re good dubbing companies.
@@gespenst1329 Ayres was a sweet guy that would be miss.
Monica's and Jamie's voices are obnoxious and nasally as hell. This isn't heartbreaking whatsoever. My gut was right once again :)
I like Amanda Celine Miller better as Junko.
Everyone loved the Panty and Stocking dub but nah their voices ruin it
Thank you for bringing light to vic.
He's an amazing, wholesome person and meeting him was probably one of the greatest experiences of my life. I love him and his work to bits and it's very sad to see him go through these kinds of situations..
And now he is in the same boat as Johnny Depp
& Quinton Flynn too
@@whitetspider82whitetspider78 who?
@@larrychilders6599 Quinton Flynn is a very well known and prolific voice actor - mainly in the Gaming side of VA.
Voiced Raiden in the Metal Gear franchise, Axel in Kingdom Hearts franchise, Reno in Final Fantasy 7 franchise (before the remake).
Its the first time I'm hearing allegations against him though, and from what I've seen, it certainly seems like someone with a grudge is attempting to "KickVic" him with false allegations with lacking evidence.
@@ZaronNitro they also created a whole ass Twitter account for people to talk shit and spread the allegations
I met Vic at a signing at Sakura-con years ago. The dude was super chill, especially with the girls ahead of me who were practically begging him for a hug which he obliged in spite of the protests of the con security. He also didn't bat an eye when I asked him for a second autograph for my friend who was in the Karaoke competition at the time and was heartbroken to have missed him, especially when she'd hand made a puppet of one of his characters she hoped he'd sign(Some yellow cat thing? I don't recall exactly, I'm not familiar with whatever show it was) and not only did he give me the second signature on the puppet he had the most sincere "aww" look of flattery on his face as he did. He even chatted with me about getting into voice acting until I got shooed off for holding up the line. Stand up guy, IMO.
Was it Sakura-con 2017 by any chance? Because it was that convention that I first met Vic too and I agree, he was super friendly and everyone wanted to see him. Hard to believe this was just 4 years ago when everything was just fine......
I miss the good old days. I miss going to conventions too. Period.
I met him and he was such an asshole. And it wasn't the one day, my friends met him on different days and they too said he was a jerk.
@SNEEDman [Formerly Chuck’s] dont respond to him hes a troll
@@DivineRose1986 How was he a jerk, exactly? Do tell.
I think the cat puppet may have been Beelzenef which was a cat puppet of Nekozawa a character from Ouran High School Host Club where Vic voiced Tamaki the leader of the host club.
Imagine wanting to watch Subbed Anime as an escape from Dubbed Anime, because the Dub includes current events you want to escape from...
Current events propaganda has always been a feature in US productions.
Code Geass knocks on your door.
Oh this drama on the second half was amazing, i hope you keep us up to date
When I met Vic at a convention he was really nice. He was the first anime voice actor that I had met and he signed my FMA Brotherhood box set. I was cosplaying Kikyo from Inuyasha and when he was signing, he joked that my bow was taller than Edward Elric.
I met the guy too (it was at AX) and he was so funny. He was also the first VA I ever met, and at my first convention too. I was Maka from Soul Eater and he saw me, yelling out “MAKA!” which surprised me and everyone behind me. He then said “What’s up, my darling daughter? You look adorable!” I had him sign my scythe which I’m glad he did, then I did a Maka Chop on him after a picture. He was in character the moment he cried out “DON’T HURT YOUR DADDY!”
Same bro. To this day, he's the only VA I've met. I gave him a copy of a drawing I made him and he signed the official one for me.
Moral of the story: Piracy is the morally correct thing to do. Do not give Funimation your hard earned money.
Normally I disagree, I think piracy is normally pretty immoral, but fuck Funimation, pirate all of their stuff.
I mean I already did pirate Yu Yu Hakusho and Ouran High School Host Club before all of this stuff anyway. It's immoral but I do it anyway, lol
piracy is a party!
@@FrenkTheJoy yeh bro I live In Australia and ever since animelab had been bought by funimation almost every single anime that was on there had been locked behind a pay wall. Note that before they merged, the only thing that you would get premium for is for dubbing and to get rid of ads and the ads were actually entertaining to watch for some anime as I only read manga nowadays and don't have a lot of time to watch anime since I don't have much free time than when I was younger
Anime is the only product where pricary gives you a superior version.
I remember when Attack on Titan season came out seeing a Funimation ad about how you can only watch it there.
So I got the free trial, then immidately pirated the season after finding out Funimation had neither subbed or dubbed it but fans subbed it already
@@Spencer-wc6ew Wait, really? They put AoT in a Funimation ad when it wasn't even on the service?
28:10 it always sucks to see the bad guys win