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Danieru1432
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I hope his voice is not removed from an eventual Bluray release. I’d love to hear his voice cameo.
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harminia
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I wonder if the backlash is connected to Yamamoto's retirement or if he was looking to quit anyway.
Honestly, the way they went about this was awful. I can understand wanting to put fanservice in, and if this was a different show or a different VA I'd be all for it. But, in this situation... They made a big statement when they replaced Sakurai, and then brought him back (albeit in a cameo role). They advertised this film as being about the plight of women but rehired the guy who mentally abused two women. They enforced a no spoilers allowed embargo on cinema goers so people didn't learn Sakurai was in it until they saw it. I know there were people who were happy to hear him again, but I saw a LOT of complaints on Twitter. Many weren't just upset at Sakurai being in it, but the way the staff backtracked their original statement and weaselled out of announcing he was cast. They took away a lot of people's ability to choose whether to support something Sakurai was cast in. This is a very unfortunate note to finish the film series on. |
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AiddonValentine
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Really, they made a big show about firing this jagoff and then let him have a cameo? Get outta here. Dude should be done as a voice actor anyway considering his behavior. It's gonna be awkward when SqEx promotes the next FFVII game and basically has to do promotion around him. You guys had ONE job
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Eddy2
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You'd love to hear the cameo of an unfaithful swine? |
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trunkschan90
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I wonder what the chances are that the English dub will have Andrew Francis reprise the original medicine seller from the Ayakashi anthology for the cameo.
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thekingsdinner
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I really wonder how Takahiro is still able to get roles :/
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GoGoGoFalco
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You're acting like he killed someone. He cheated on his wife. Crappy thing to do but hardly unredeemable or enough to make someone persona non grata.
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thekingsdinner
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Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I just thought he'd be blacklisted or something like that. That's the impression I got after reading the article.
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ab2143
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Feels like they’re blaming the fans…
Terrible handling of the situation |
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GodlessPurveyor
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And frankly, they are right to. You people aren't involved. This isn't your business. |
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Danieru1432
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What he did was wrong, but I don't think a mistake in someone's personal life erases all of their professional contributions. I think he is a good voice actor, and am saying that hearing the cameo would be meaningful for me to connect all Mononoke projects so far. |
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ab2143
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Let me be clear - it’s not Sakurai’s return that bothers me but the flip-flopping of the anime staff that’s more of an issue
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vashfanatic
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Hey yo, he didn't make "a mistake," he spent years lying to the woman he was having an affair with about basically everything about himself, to the point that when she found out the truth and realized their whole relationship was a lie she had a nervous breakdown. This isn't about infidelity, this is about rape by deception. They don't have the legal concept in Japan (or in all US states unfortunately) so the best we can do is make him pay professional consequences. |
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Smeagol_17
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Wouldn't it only be "rape by deception" even in those jurisdictions only if he literally disguised himself as her husband or lover?
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vashfanatic
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Nope, look up the case law, it’s any time you use deception to get someone to have sex with you when they otherwise wouldn’t have. Of course it’s hard to prove, undercover cops get an exception in our wonderful court system  , and had been wraponized against trans folk, but what he did counts. And even if you don’t feel it doesn’t, it’s still a far more grievous incident than just “oops cheated on my wife for a bit.”
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