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NEWS: Funimation Unveils High School DxD BorN Broadcast Dub Cast

First i just wanna say i love Alexis Voice and i wouldn't want to see her go anywhere.

Like people said, when the uncensored VD come out who gets the role, Scott and Teri, or the new people. If there is a season four, who gets the role?

If you think there's no notable difference your hearing is either failing you or your status as a professional reviewer should be called into question with claims that are clearly incorrect and jarring to read...

Jamie Marchi as Rias is one of the best performances of the decade

Perhaps Funimation should have waited a bit before doing this simuldub of the BorN season of High School DxD?

Is it really necessary for Funi to Dub this as it simulcasts, especially when it's going to be the censored version? I'd of much rather them have waited for the Blu-ray release and have Scott and Teri voice their characters rather than replace them.

Question for all you dub watchers: With these sort of cast changes (assuming they'll stay in the final home video release version) would it discourage you from buying the Blu-Ray / DVD?

Scott Freeman did do a great Issei, but I have no concerns about Josh Grelle taking over the role. That's not a particularly complicated or nuanced role, and Grelle does have a well-established track record of capable performances in harem series. (He is the male lead in the Date A Live, Freezing, and Infinite Stratos franchises, for instance.)

I am more concerned about Akeno being taken over by a total newcomer. (This will be Kelly Angel's debut role.) Teri does that kind of role so well (she was also the seductress in Senran Kagura), so she will be harder to replace. But Funimation has shown ability in the recent past to uncover great new talent, so I'm also looking forward to hearing what Ms. Angel can do.

definitely would have better if they had either vic mignona or even greg ayres instead since they can pull off the pervy male dead pretty well.

...but then the situation would've been way worse with their voices sounding too different. At least with Josh Grelle being Issei's new actor, some of the consistency is retained.

As I said in the episode review, concerns about the recast roles are premature. There's barely any difference (and certainly no drop-off) between Josh's performance and Scott's previous ones. There's enough more of a difference with Kelly vs. Teri that it will takes some getting used to, but it's still not a dramatic change.

Also I think "Kelly Angel" is just Bryn Appril under a pseudonym, it sounded like her doing a sexy voice, which is weird since she normally does cute voices, and IIRC she's like 17 IRL

I think "Ramona Newel" (we all know who she really is) is back, but I'd need to hear more of her to know for sure.

Mr. Oshawott wrote:

Perhaps Funimation should have waited a bit before doing this simuldub of the BorN season of High School DxD?

I agree. Maybe they could have a made dub after all the uncensored discs have been released so we can see it in the true uncensored glory or have fans pay a higher subscription fee to watch it uncensored.

For differing reasons, both Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers could not return to the show. FUNimation had no other choice but to bring on two new voice actors, Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel, to High School DxD BorN in order to produce the dub. No amount of time or delay would have changed this.

so they just responded to their May 2nd post on facebook regarding the broacast dub and cast changes. sounds like Scott and Teri have moved on to other things.

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For differing reasons, both Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers could not return to the show. FUNimation had no other choice but to bring on two new voice actors, Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel, to High School DxD BorN in order to produce the dub. No amount of time or delay would have changed this.

getchman wrote:

so they just responded to their May 2nd post on facebook regarding the broacast dub and cast changes. sounds like Scott and Teri have moved on to other things. Quote: For differing reasons, both Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers could not return to the show. FUNimation had no other choice but to bring on two new voice actors, Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel, to High School DxD BorN in order to produce the dub. No amount of time or delay would have changed this.

Ok, at least they explained it. They could have saved some headaches for themselves by saying as much. Teri hasn't done a whole lot, so it isn't hard to believe she may have decided that it wasn't worth sticking around. I'm a little surprised that Scott isn't available considering he was the lead and has been in a decent amount of shows, but without knowing more it's too hard to guess what might have come up.

Exactly, at least we have an answer other than, time, right now. That's what made most people angry, that it might have just been a time constraint thing.