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NEWS: Funimation's Escaflowne Dub Casts Vic Mignogna, Felecia Angelle, Michelle Rojas

I specifically mentioned Kate because she is the ONLY actor that has to record lines for said scene. And technically it's not one scene for her. For the original anime, yes. But Kate will also have to come back for her lines in Akito the Exiled - as will Johnny Yong Bosch (whose relations with Funimation are actually a lot stronger than people know - beyond Makoto in Free and coming back for Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven AO, he was actually in the original FMA as Lujon), Yuri Lowenthal (whose relations are about Higgins' level, since they have each recorded at Funimation once - Yuri for Bayonetta Bloody Fate and Kate for BlazBlue Alter Memory - and although he's probably the most expensive actor since he's now doing mostly American animation, he has so many lines it would be a disgrace to recast him), and Spike Spencer (whose relations have actually be seen to improve a bit - he was Snake in Black Butler: Book of Circus). Beyond that, even if Kate doesn't want to buy a plane ticket, she can still record lines in California and then have someone ship the audio over to Dallas. Either that, or they can pull a Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan and have Christopher Sabat yank her over. It's entirely up to Funimation, but all of the actors have enough lines to where it is definitely worth a shot. Besides, recording ALL 50 EPISODES is going to be incredibly expensive and a pain in the ass. Not to mention that taking back the whole cast is near impossible since a few of them have quit voice acting altogether.

And that last point is exactly why they can't get all the actors back for the new dub. When's the last time Ocean did a dub? Hm? They've practically fallen off the radar, so it's not like Funi would invest in signing a deal with them. And besides, it would easily cost a lot more to get so many people from one country to another than one state to another, so that would be off the table also.

The people being talked about in this thread are all professional voice actors. They might be able to surprise you too.

I am not going to get involved in an argument about this dub, but I have had several actors surprise me with voices that I did not expect from them.

Three that I can think of right now are Colleen Clinkenbeard as Luffy in One Piece, Christopher R. Sabat as Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho, and Brina Palencia as Tamama in Sgt. Frog.
In all three cases I never suspected who was doing the voice, and after I saw the credits I thought that it was a mistake until I got some confirmation.
Maybe they have done other similar voices, but they were new to me and definitely not what I expected from those actors.

The people being talked about in this thread are all professional voice actors. They might be able to surprise you too.

Can't wait to see penguintruth's response on Vic as Folken rather than Chris Sabat. lol