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NEWS: Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Anime's Dub Casts Alain Mesa as Chad

(To the above, this is Chad's 3rd VA from my understanding, not fourth, apologies if am mistaken)

I agree with most of your post, but I just want to specify that Kaiji Tang replaced Jamieson Price in the English dub for the live action movie, making this Sado's fourth English VA. They went out of their way to get Johnny Yong Bosch and Stephanie Sheh back as Ichigo and Orihime, respectively, but recast Sado and Rukia (and Michelle Ruff was apparently not happy that she didn't get invited).

So, again, dubbing over all of these anime chock full of Japanese characters should only include people with Japanese ethnicity (an undertaking all on its own likely without enough of a work force), even though it’s actually only the performance that matters? That’s not unfair, it’s just highly impractical.

Villain-chan wrote:

(To the above, this is Chad's 3rd VA from my understanding, not fourth, apologies if am mistaken)

I agree with most of your post, but I just want to specify that Kaiji Tang replaced Jamieson Price in the English dub for the live action movie, making this Sado's fourth English VA. They went out of their way to get Johnny Yong Bosch and Stephanie Sheh back as Ichigo and Orihime, respectively, but recast Sado and Rukia (and Michelle Ruff was apparently not happy that she didn't get invited).

Tenbyakugon wrote:

So, again, dubbing over all of these anime chock full of Japanese characters should only include people with Japanese ethnicity (an undertaking all on its own likely without enough of a work force), even though it’s actually only the performance that matters? That’s not unfair, it’s just highly impractical.

Not necessarily last I checked Johnny Young Bosch isn’t Japanese but he is of East Asian descent. Secondly The U.S. isn’t Japan we have have a good number of individuals of various cultures who could “potentially” roles that match their ethnicity rather than what usually happens.

So, again, dubbing over all of these anime chock full of Japanese characters should only include people with Japanese ethnicity (an undertaking all on its own likely without enough of a work force), even though it’s actually only the performance that matters? That’s not unfair, it’s just highly impractical.

So it depends what kind of representation you want here. Obviously White, Black, and Latino actors would hate the first option as it would favor Asian Americans. Meanwhile, Asian Americans would be shafted in the second option because a medium tailor made for them to shine in would force them to share the wealth with everyone else. It's always going to be unfair to someone in the end.

This is a false dichotomy being set up because nobody is suggesting that BIPOC characters should only play the character of their race. What people are wanting are more opportunities for BIPOC actors in an industry in the US where the majority involved is still white. Opening more BIPOC roles for anime characters would not lead to less opportunities for Asian American actors because already white actors are overwhelmingly cast in anime roles at the expense of everyone else including Asian Americans.

Is there a reason you keep specifying white people?

Zeno Robinson voicing a Japanese character is just as bad as Justin Briner voicing a Japanese character. If you're not willing to call both of them out then please do not act like you're an ally to Asian Americans.

Do not lump people who care about Asian American representation in with your little anti-white crusade. We are not motivated by the same thing and our goals are not aligned.

Let me know how the recruitment and overall product comes out in the end.

I'll be honest when I say,I don't believe this. I never had a problem with Jamieson Price playing Chad. He was pretty good in the role. If it was something like he had a contract dispute,was too busy to do the role,I could understand that. But,because Chad had darker skin than most of the other characters,he should have to give up the role to someone else of the same ethnicity.
I'm sorry,but I don't like that. Price was good in the role. He shouldn't have to leave it because he's not the same color as the character. I think that's wrong. I liked Price in the role. It's not fair that he can't continue for silly reasons like this.

Although Price left willingly,it comes across to people like me that it felt like political correctness might have played a role in this. As I said before,I never had a problem with Jamieson Price playing Chad. He did a good job with it. I have no idea why he shouldn't have kept going with it.