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Danieru1432



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 12:34 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 12:40 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 1:00 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 1:14 am Reply with quote
Danieru1432 wrote:
I hope his voice is not removed from an eventual Bluray release. I’d love to hear his voice cameo.


You'd love to hear the cameo of an unfaithful swine?
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trunkschan90



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 2:22 am Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 4:28 am Reply with quote
I really wonder how Takahiro is still able to get roles :/
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GoGoGoFalco



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 5:18 am Reply with quote
thekingsdinner wrote:
I really wonder how Takahiro is still able to get roles :/


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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