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NEWS: Funimation Reveals Cast, Staff, Streaming for New 2019 Fruits Basket TV Anime

I'm hopeful for the Funimation cast to reprise their roles, but mindful that the author might insist they don't.

Laura's come back for roles like Maka in Soul Eater Not!. The reason I hear when it comes to Laura, Travis, or Tory, and others coming back is scheduling. Their agents often have them booked for games and the like. Laura definitely loves the idea of coming back to some of her old roles she's really loved to play.

I'd recommend fans retweet this news to her so she at least knows to keep an ear open if she's interested in coming back.

SnowWarren wrote:

I'm hopeful for the Funimation cast to reprise their roles, but mindful that the author might insist they don't.

Takaya has no say in English casting. Besides, from the get go, Funimation doesn't even share Daichi's vision in casting decisions, which is very apparent when you listen to Yuki and Ritsu's voices, which sound NOTHING like their JP counterparts. The only recasts I see happening are Laura Bailey and some of the VAs that are no longer in the Eng VA scene.

Additionally, it is important to note that there's been several cases that the Funimation dubs are immune to major changes in the JP cast; examples include D Gray Man: Hallow and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

I doubt it'll be any different here - why go with a brand new Eng cast when a lot of the originals are still readily available to reprise? Sounds very petty to me - but I'm pretty sure only the original JP cast gets axed, and the Eng dub will be unaffected. Takaya doesn't even know English well enough anyway, so it's not like it's any of her business.

Imagine having to approve of any and all foreign language casts simply because you're the original author....... it doesn't roll like that. Hell, manga authors don't always have a say in casting choices even in their own native tongue. Obviously, it's different in this case, since Takaya wanted to flush the old series down the drain, but it's not her place to fumble about in the English language adaption, if you ask me.

A good example even though different companies and different situations where the Japanese cast was replaced while the English cast was almost intact because scheduling or no longer working. Digimon Tri the original cast for digimon were replaced while the dub kept half of the original actors.

Being deeply invested in and promoting the Fruits Basket reboot is exactly the kind of thing Funimation needs to following their split with Crunchyroll, to convince people to sign up for $5/mo of FunimationNow.

Hoping like mad that the stars align and the original dub cast can reprise their roles. That anime holds such dear memories for me and I felt they really captured the characters.

I'm here to offer an unpopular opinion: I actually didn't quite like the original Japanese cast, so this replacement is actually welcome news to me. (I do know the original cast are all big-names and respected, I do like them in their other roles, but not Fruits Basket.) Besides, I love Zakki and Yuuma, this is honestly excellent news to me.