Update: Thank you to everyone that has posted comments regarding the first episode of the broadcast dub of High School DxD BorN. We understand the reactions from long term fans to the change in voice actors — which is the very reason we announced the recasting before the new dub aired. 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. We hope new and especially existing fans will give Josh an Kelly the opportunity to settle into the characters. They are very talented actors and will do the show proud. FUNimation is committed to bringing the best in anime to our subscribers and sometimes, in this case, changes are unavoidable.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS – May 2, 2015. FUNimation Entertainment announced today the cast for the Broadcast Dub of High School DxD BorN (Season 3). Weekly, subtitled episodes of the simulcast began airing on FUNimation’s streaming service on April 4 with new episodes premiering each Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Now four episodes into Season 3, FUNimation will be commencing production on the dub versions of the High School DxD BorN simulcast.
The cast of High School DxD BorN includes the addition of Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel in the roles of Issei and Akeno, respectively. Grelle is a FUNimation veteran and fan favorite and is well known for his TV, movie and video game roles from Attack on Titan and Mass Effect to The Devil is a Part-Timer and Dragon Ball: Xenoverse. The remaining cast from past seasons including Jamie Marchi, Sean O’Connor and Jād Saxton will be returning for this season’s simulcast.
“’We have always tried incredibly hard to retain the original voice cast for our dubbed releases. However, there are instances where ‘life just gets in the way’, and this is one of those unfortunate situations,” said Justin Cook, director of production at FUNimation. “With that being said, we are proud to bring the talents of both Josh and Kelly into the cast, and though they have big shoes or bras, as the case may be, to fill, I believe our work this season will be the best ever, despite the changes and challenges.”
CHARACTER ACTOR
Issei Josh Grelle
Rias Jamie Marchi
Akeno Kelly Angel
Kiba Sean O’Connor
Koneko Jād Saxton
Asia Chloe Daniels
Yuma Amano Felecia Angelle (one time flashback)
Matsuda Tyson Rinehart
Motohama Ruben Tadeo Garcia
Season Synopsis:
The babes and boys of the Occult Research Club are back! Lovable loser Issei and his spirited schoolmates return for a new season of supernatural tussles and mischievous mayhem—featuring old friends and new enemies! Now that all the girls live in Issei’s home, life seems like nothing but adolescent antics…for now! Join Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, Asia, Xenovia, Gasper, and everyone’s favorite Harem King Issei as they fight, fumble, and flirt their way through their demonic high school lives.
For more information on or to watch High School DxD BorN, please visit www.funimation.com/high-school-dxd.
Although I’m very sad to see Scott Freeman go, I feel as though Josh Grelle can pull this off. It’s always sad when the original cast cannot be reprised, but sometimes things cant be done.
yes Scott freeman and Teri rogers will be missed , but whatever has come up i wish them the best. i look foward to seeing how josh grelle and Kelly angel will fill the void if you will.
This is fucking HORRIBLE
I can’t even stand the first Episode. Why didn’t you wait and get everyone. This is why you don’t rush into things FUNimation. Lession learned I Hope
First off, don’t hate for no reason. They had mentioned that no amount of time would matter. So, they could wait for twenty years and nothing
Fuck you and funimation if you can’t get the same actors don’t fuck with the anime it just ruins the bond with the characters when their voices are all fucked up.
You guys are acting like children seriously. Things happen it’s not a big deal and you don’t even know the full story. I’m not sure why Teri couldnt return but Scott Freeman was convicted for have child porn. There’s no way funimation would keep a guy like that in their employ
I’m not a fan of the cast change will take some getting used to. To get to this one. I will follow the series. Of course, after 2 seasons, but it is always difficult, with a voice change it just sometimes, but thank you for bringing me the opportunity to see the series
Why isn’t Scott Freeman returning Issei? Scott was PERFECT as him, the dub is gonna sound wierd now that Issei’s voice has been changed. If they changed Asia’s voice from Chloe Daniel to Leah Clark nobody would notice, but changing Issei’s voice from Scott Freeman to Josh Grelle would be very noticeable. PS who is Kelly Angel, is she an alias for Teri Rogers or a new voice actress (Teri Roger is already new actress why replace her with another)?
No, they replaced her too. It is not a alias and that is one of the parts I cannot get over the voices are so different that it is noticeable and not that she did a bad job, but it is just different and hard to get used to. To be honest, the other voice changer wasn’t as bad, barely noticeable. If you don’t read the man’s of the people before you watch the episode that is that it just my opinion though
Both were different but Akeno is 100% beyond bad.
It’s beyond noticeable and the fact is it doesn’t really suit that character, just hear her at the end in the bath scene. Shit sounds out of place.
I cannot understand this big change, Why didn’t they wait for them to be able to use all the old cast? DId they really rush this out just to meet demand. I mean I’m really hoping people can get use to the change as they have no choice or watch it subbed.
1st of all, the voice change is to say more to the girl he is having nightmares about and I did. I am bad at spelling. So I am leaving names out. So when she came up in the 1st scene I thought it was a fitting burial at 1st. That is how bad it is, they are too similar, and the voice is to far apart from the original, and that was my main problem throughout the show. It threw me off. I could not watch it probably but I still love the show. They did not rush it. We are lucky enough to see it
The actors probably could not do the show because of other circumstances, and they had no choice. I just wish the casting was better, sorry I get cut off
I wondered if this is how people reacted to Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya dub, you know, how they had to recast every character with their actors,meaning no Sam Riegel, no Mela Lee, no Bridget Hoffman, and no Stephanie Sheh.
At that point, I wouldn’t even by that DVD that would have been my reaction to what you just said
by=buy?
Yes, sorry it is my AutoCorrect, but yes, that’s what I meant
Would it make you happy if they re-dub the whole 1st season with the LA actors?
Yes, what would make me more happy is if viz made inuyasha correctly because that voice change killed me as well, but that was probably just me. I don’t know
And I forgot to say I meant in the final act
Maybe if Sentai gets enough complaints they may consider re-dubbing Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya. season 1.
Yeah cause redubbing a fairly obscure spinoff would /toooootally/ be worth the time and money.
Just saying, they re dubbing Vampire Hunter D
To be honest I haven’t even seen any complaints about it. Probably cause, like I said, it’s a pretty obscure spinoff.
A very popular spinoff.
Compared to the main Fate stuff it’s pretty obscure.
Fine, your opinion, at least this show didn’t go through an entire recast.
I recall Funimation saying they’d go back and redub any changes for DVD/Blu-ray releases if there were any problems with any broadcast dubs so maybe they’ll get the old VAs back for that.
So, they might get Scott and Terri back and have them redub all of their characters line, like in Persona 4 Golden, where they get Erin and Sam to redub all of their characters old dialogue.
I also recall something like that too, so maybe this is an experiment more or less, and they’ll repair anything that may throw fans off.
The recasts weren’t on purpose, they just weren’t available. Altho Funi shoulda just waited til they were instead of rushing this they might be available by the time of the DVD releases.
Like you said, maybe they’ll be back and redub for the DVD release.
In the words of comic book guy “worst cast change ever”
I don’t see why this is the worst, nobody seemed to complain of Fate/Zero’s recasting
Maybe because recasting already occurred with the UBW movie? We’ve got like four people that have voiced Saber over the years, while in Japan it’s been only one.
The Fate/ series has been handled by Geneon, FUNimation (Distributing for Geneon), Sentai, and Aniplex USA. It’s one huge mess.
This meanwhile has always been FUNimation, and now because FUNimation can’t be bothered to wait, and is all about pushing dem broadcast dubs, it’s leading to main characters getting recast in season 3.
Also another thing, what is FUNimation supposed to do if High School DxD gets a fourth season (Given the series is maintaining constant sales that have little decline…)? How are they going to handle things? Bring back those from S3, or S1-S2?
It is rather unfortunate. When a show gets bounced around, I can see where retaining the same cast simply isn’t feasible, but you don’t expect that when it is handled by one company. A broadcast dub for this show does make sense, but if you have to recast roles, including the LEAD, maybe it’s worth it to hold off. The reaction was never going to be a very positive one, so why not wait? We have to wait for the uncensored version anyway.
Perhaps they were both unavailable for a broadcast dub? Then again, both have been inactive lately, so perhaps they moved away or have other jobs to worry about?
Seems like Xenovia may get recast as well.
I also on that possibility. Xenovia is voiced by Ramona Newel (Lauren Landa) in ‘New’. Lauren is LA based so it would be interesting to know whether they recast her.
That is why I’m curious what Justin meant when he said, “life just gets in the way.” Was it a scheduling issue? If so, then waiting would have fixed that. Did they both decide to move on to other things? Annoying, but understandable. Justin’s comment is vague enough that it applies to almost any situation., but I’m inclined to guess that it was a scheduling issue, and it is unfortunate that getting this done fast means doing something that was bound to upset fans.
Don’t suppose by any chance Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers will return for some re-dubbing later on? (since you’ll have to resync the dub audio with the uncensored version at some point) Also be a good opportunity to prove that the broadcast dub isn’t always the final version.
The AT-X version of it wasn’t censored
This question was brought up on the first episode of DubbleTalk. You can find it on YouTube. They said that the cast will be final and the only things which will change are the possible extra lines of dialogue in the uncensored release.
I’ve been doing some research and am actually surprised that Scott isn’t returning. He had come back for Kamisama Kiss Season 2 (an ongoing broadcast dub) and had a few other small roles in 2015 like Space Dandy. He’s also in the Borderlands Pre Sequel.
I have been poking around too to get some answers about this and I basically did all the same stuff you did and I have not found any other information. This is a game changer and if I killed the series for me. I am sad to say, I know that sounds stupid, but I don’t know. I am disappointed that could have casted better in any case, for the female role which is probably why she used it an alias. Now that I think of it
Ah Man, this is a big bummer.
Scott is greatly missed, but that change is something that I can see getting use to, Issei sounds more mature shame he look’s weak/tiny.
But Akeno’s voice change is down right awful, I mean did they even put in any effort for that choice?
I really feel like Funimation jump the gun on this, look at how long it took to dub that last two season’s. I mean if they waitied Im sure something better would have worked out. I hope for a good seraph of the end dub now..
Had you heard it yet?
Yes we all just watched it today. The 1st episode, that’s what we are talking about. You have to be a subscriber all access pass
I see, but who knows, maybe she’ll get better as the dub continues, I’ve heard other characters getting different English actors that gave me whiplash from time to time.
The thing is if they didn’t Broadcast dub the show, the actors might have been available for the Home Video release. Out of all the shows this season, this is the only one I wish they hadn’t broadcast dub for exactly this reason. Oh well not my decision, just like the Ghost in the Shell: Arise decision to not use the SAC cast.
The ghost in the shell cast was done on purpose. They used a younger cast in Japan as well, that’s the way the creators wanted it. They want everybody to sound different younger
Oh I know why they did it, I just don’t agree with it.
I agree with you on this.
I mean this is them trying to jump on the hype train but fall short of their mark.
Why wouldn’t they be more vocal with the fans, the one’s who pay for this from them.
I mean a simple blog post stating why the delay would have be easier for many fans instead of the shit they just pulled out of their ass. They could have waited a year and get it right, let the cards fall into the right place then go from there, don’t try to rush something and act all cool.
Agreed. I think we all would have been willing to wait. Simply letting us know that there wouldn’t be a broadcast dub, or that it would be delayed to fit schedules would have worked. We were going to come back for the uncensored version anyway, so it’s not like we didn’t expect to wait when it comes to this show. I think Funi had much more flexibility with this show then they may have thought.
Josh Grelle is a pretty good VA but being used to Scott Freeman as Issei for 2 seasons and then have him change is disappointing.
Nobody seemed to complain when the Shana anime switch from Canadian to Texas actors.
Because no one watched Shana 😀
Seriously though, it’s not like Shana was that big of a hit. The High School DxD series has actually sold really well though and went on for two seasons before getting a cast change.
Actually I was pretty upset with the change in Shakugan no Shana, and it took a really lonnnnng time to get used to. Even by the end, it still wasn’t quite as satisfying, though I still love that series. I feel like this will go much the same lol. Hopefully Josh steps in well!
Oh a good number did, where were you when ANN reported on the dub clips FUNimation uploaded? And to add insult to injury, they also with S2 used the JP BD’s to make their BD’s instead of doing their own upscale. The JPBD’s are plagued with DVNR and make the show look a whole lot worse. There’s a reason why lots of fansubbers refused to fansub those BD’s (Same goes for S1 which also looked like crap on Blu-ray).
High School DxD Broadcast Dub 😀
Cast Changes D:
Watches first episode…
I might be okay with this. Maybe.
Still, please reconsider redubbing for the home media release! I’ve been waiting on English dubs 6+ months after Japanese broadcast all my life and if I had to choose between waiting for the proper dub or getting it right now but with different actors I would take the former.
Say goodbye to a proper dub from this anime from now on, as long as Funi has their shit teeth sunk in.
I can´t definitely accept loss of Issei and Akeno…not those two. FUNIMATION..if this is bad joke…so it´s the worst joke I´ve ever seen. Please just wait for original voice actors…Don´t send a shitty dub to the world…Maybe the new actors are good, but that soul of HighSchool will be broken without orig. VAs FUN. don´t repeat mistakes of other dub corporations. They totally destroyed some anime series.
I´d rather wait for good dub with origin voice actors.
What about animes that had actors recast-ed like: Shakugan no Shana, Fate/Zero, etc.
Any other announcements besides fanservice?
FUNi needs to hold off on the broadcast dubs to ensure the whole cast stays the same.
Look at all the people this is pissing off, I bet the staff at Funi/ behind this couldn’t care one fucking bit.
They must do something…They surely expected this reaction from the side of fans…for those of FUNIMATION, who are hopefully reading this 🙂 WE WANT ORIGINAL VOICE ACTORS…ALL OF THEM…PLEASE!!! I hope that other fans agree with me…Quick shitty dub is much worse than a bit slow and PERFECT dub…
I think there are Fate/stay night fans who’re asking the same with the Illya spin-off.
Yeah well…This is all about, that we want same VAs in HighSchool DxD isn´t it? Not about Fate/stay night or others 🙂
I wasn’t completely sold with Rogers when I first started watching the dub, i just adapted to her as the series continued, I think the same will happen with Angel here .
I really don’t see why people are complaining about Josh Grelle being Issei’s new VA, yeah Scott was an amazing VA for Issei, but it’s not like Josh is a bad VA.
No one is saying that Josh Grelle is a bad VA but having Scott Freeman voice Issei for two seasons then change to Josh was a poor idea on FUNimation’s part. I’m sure it was to push the broadcast dub out as fast as they could.
If the anime adaptation of DxD continues long enough to cover the light novels from Volume 10 onward, then the casting change for Issei may be for the best because Josh Grelle will be able to do Issei more justice than Scott Freeman could.
Akeno, on the other hand… the new voice is really out of place and that problem is going to get a lot worse if the show gets renewed multiple times. Kelly Angel sounds like a decent voice actor, but she’s a really bad fit for this role.
This… Is… Saddening..
Im not even mad just really really sad
I’d Just like to know the dubbing schedule haha
I’m back from hearing Kelly Angel… she does sound different , but she’s not that bad.
just, young than Roger’s, oh well I’ll just get use to it .
Who the hell is Kelly Angel when i searched her name i got an adult film data base
This upset way more people than i thought lol. But i’m sure Funi will think of something to please us cus just yesterday fans left comments about Blood Blockade Battlefront’s OP and ED to be uploaded on Youtube, & Funi replied back to the comments saying they’d upload both. Which they did. Let’s just cross our fingers for a miracle.
I just saw episode 1, WHY THE FUCK DID THEY CENSORED THE TITTIES!?!?!? That was the best part about High School DxD IMO, the uncensored nudity. PS Issei and Akeno both sound too different, it’s just not the sam Why did the replaced Scott Freeman and Teri Roger’s? As I said before Teri Rogers is still a new voice actress, it doesn’t make sence to replace her with another new actress!
The fact that they use censored matirals instead of the uncensored AT-X version shows that funimation cares more about making money rather than their fans and costumers.
The simulcast of DxD has ALWAYS been censored because that’s the material that Funi is given. I’m sure they’d upload the uncensored version right away if that was the version they were given, but they don’t seem to be given that version until they’re working on releasing the DVDs/Blu-rays. It sucks, but it’s not Funimation’s fault.
Because the uncensored version of the show airs on AT-X in Japan, everywhere else it’s censored. You have to pay a subscription fee in Japan to watch AT-X. The uncensored version of shows from AT-X are NEVER allowed for simulcast.
For simulcasts you have to get used to censorship, especially since this is how many shows air in Japan (Unless they’re on a certain channel). There’s things you can’t show on Japanese TV, also it makes people want to buy the BD’s/DVD’s.
I’m so pissed off right now this was one of my favorite series and the first two seasons of the Dub was amazing I would rather wait a year and a half to have the same voice actors instead of them rush the dub and change the voice actors this is so terrible I think everybody should refuse to buy season 3 from Funimation until they change the voice actors back this is just ridiculous and unacceptable Funimation should not treat their loyal fans this way another reason why.
I agree maybe we should also start a partition or something for them to change the voice actors back and for them to use the uncensored matirals.
hey if you want to start a petition that’s perfect I’ll sign it hell I would even say we should start a Kickstarter to raise money so Scott Freeman and Teri Roger can voice their original characters I know I would donate at least $100 to get them back you hear that Funimation I would rather donate my money to get the original voice actors back then spend money on your knock off version please somebody start a petition or start something on Kickstarter i’ll support it all the way.
Bro i would sign that petition in blood
Doing this won’t change anything.
Funimation has already set this in stone and I doubt they care to even read these comments. I mean if they cared they would have waited like past Season’s.
Funimation is going down-hill and this is just another step that they screwed up, keeping long-time fans happy is better then rushing to make a quick buck but they don’t understand that.
Another reason why this is so terrible I’ve always stuck up for Funimation ever since I started watching anime back in 2010 whenever I heard someone talking bad about Funimation I always stick up for Funimation and told the people to give Funimation the benefit of the doubt to trust them they know what they’re doing but I’m not sure if that’s true anymore I think over the past couple months Funimation cares more about making a quick buck than they do about making their fans happy.
FUNimation for years has cared more about money than giving fans what they want. I could rant on them all day about their inconsistencies in releases (Ex: No one has a nice Heaven’s Lost Property collection that matches), their disc art declining in quality big time, LE’s getting cheaper and cheaper in terms of presentation (They used to regularly come with stuff and had neat filler boxes too you’d want to keep), their PR disasters, and other things.
It’s times like these I wish Geneon, Bandai, and ADV (Versus Sentai who’s smaller as ADV had issues towards the end) were around in full force so it could put FUNimation more in-line and there would be more competition. FUNimation would be forced to emphasize quality in various areas, and stuff like this wouldn’t happen. They’re also now the Sentai of a few years ago, rushing too many dubs out the door with less care for quality.
If anybody from Funimation reads any of my comments please take my next few words to heart when it comes to what fans want especially loyal anime fans what we want is a loyal Company that listens to their fans and their customers not some wishy-washy company that’ll do whatever it takes to make a quick buck so please just cancel the broadcast dub and just read record Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers please don’t screw up this amazing series.
When they completely finish the high school Dxd series they could make a revamped version with the new voice actors for issei & akeno.
This really agitates me. Highschool DxD is my favorite anime. It is the anime I started with and I started with the dub. I have seen the first two seasons dubbed at least 5 times each. That has to prove how much i love the show. How could FUNimation rush the broadcast dub like this with different voice actors? And the fact that the voice actors were replaced were that of the main character Issei and a great character such as Akeno angers me more. What were they thinking?
I also want to say that I have nothing against the VAs that replaced the characters. I really enjoyed Josh Grelle in Mirai Nikki but this change messes things up for people like me who love the dub for this anime. Akeno doesn’t sound right. I hate it. And I liked Scott Freeman as Issei. It’s stupid that FUNimation has gone to the point where they are just trying to make money. They should have waited to get everyone back to make the best dub possible. This was a mistake.
I agree.
And It’s sad to think that Funimation may not do anything about it.
So if that is the case I will be switching to the subbed ver of it and miss the good old Dubbed.
Funimation is really pissing on their fans with this.
i think imma pass out watching this atrocious dub. season 1+2 was 9000 times better than this ( no pun intended )
All because 2 actors got replaced?
And because they used the censored materials instead of the uncensored.
I take it you were not around for the simulcast of the first two series, as both of those were censored. The uncensored versions were not made available until later.
I am a DxD fan. I joined so I can have my say. Scott Freeman is awesome as Issei. Teri Rogers AND JM are downright amazing as Akeno & Rias. Along with Scott, Josh is also my favorite VA and would give him a chance ONLY for the ‘cast but I’ve never heard of Kelly Angel / found past VA work from her. No one can replace these two as these roles. I aim to collect the first two seasons from Funi’s work so far, but I may not even consider touching this year’s season if this cast is set in stone 4 DVD.
I figure ill get used to the new voice actors its what eves
Wow more than 80 comments on a FUNimation blog post! That’s going to be some sort of record right?
Guess it proves how many fans are upset with this decision and hopefully FUNimation will do the right thing for the home video release instead of ignoring all the criticism. Like others already said I wouldn’t have mind waiting another year for a dub so it could be done right. Sure most of the returning cast are experienced at this point but the ADR Director still has an impact on the performances
I guess I’m just worried the dub might suffer more if the ADR Director jumps ship partway to work on another broadcast dub (this happened several times for last season’s broadcast dubs)… An Assistant ADR Director can try and hold things together but switching directing styles partway and back and forth can be jarring.
In general, people hate change.
Funimation could probably calm a lot of protests if they addressed if it would have been possible to have gotten the original two cast members even if they had waited. If the answer were “no” or even “not likely”, then people might still think it sucks, but any reasonable person would learn to live with it (given that the alternative would be no dub at all).
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Actually, I like Issei’s voice better now, lol. Akeno’s is pretty good too.
Am i the only one who doesnt mind the changes? Josh is good so I’ll def give em a chance. I mean it took me well into S2 to like akenos original voice. Just cause the new girl may have “bombed” the first episode doesnt mean she’ll bomb the rest of the season.
Like many people here, I would prefer they didn’t to the recast. However, there must’ve been a good reason for Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers for not reprising their roles. I found it initially awkward listening to the Issei and Akeno’s new voices, however I think that’s due to me being used to the original two voice actors for two seasons. I also think the idea to simulcast these show was not the wisest since I knew they would have to work with censored material.
This is probably a stupid question but will they re-dub when the dvd will come out, it just that well issei new voice actor does not really bother me it really Akeno new VA at first it sound like it fits but there just something that Teri Rogers did with Akeno that made her hot, unique and sexy.
They will not redub for DVD/BD, the casting choices are final. If there’s any additional dialogue or animation changes leading to the broadcast dub not syncing up well, they will go back and redub those select scenes. Dubs are already expensive (More than it costs to a license a show generally these days), so redubbing is not something many want to do, especially FUNi.
I can understand if it’s a dub for a brand new title e.g. Tokyo Ghoul and it’s an expected cover your butt response because if certain VAs were recast for the DVD/BD it’s basically admitting TPTB got the casting wrong the first time and aren’t effective at their job. But DxD is an established franchise, has a well liked dub and is a best seller so any additional dubbing costs basically pay for itself. Some rules are meant to be broken and it would only be replacing the new VAs w/ the originals.
But it’s still something FUNimation won’t do. You have to realize FUNimation is a cheap company, they hate fixing things, and really do it only when they HAVE to (Ex: Accidentally releasing the TV version of a show). The fact that they 99.9% of the time won’t make new discs for re-releases, had a disaster with the AC release of HLP S1 (It was the RE of S1 with a BD slipcover on the DVD case, long story), and other things tells you that they won’t fix things, especially here.
man it just sound so weird that they change the VA for Akeno, i mean don’t get me wrong it sound good with the character but it just i like Teri voice for akeno it feel like she was meant for that roll plus I think that she need more main rolls too. Anyways I guess I have to get used to it for now, hopefully if there another season for DXD I hope they bring back the original VAs back. if possible
COME ON…FUNIMATION WHY DID YOU TAKE ISSEI AND AKENO FROM US? REALLY WE WANT THEM BACK…MAINLY SCOTT AND TERI….WE ALL WANT AN ORIGINAL SET OF VOICE ACTORS! PLEASE GET THEM BACK!
While I understand due to the time apart between each season of the series, voice actors tend to change over time for whatever the reason, the biggest issue is that new voice actor should match the original voice or at the very least try to match it. I watched the first episode in dub with no knowledge of change of voice actor but the moment I hear the new voice I quickly realized it was different voice actor.
Although I think that Josh Grelle is a good VA he really doesn’t seem to fit into this anime very well at all.
At least if the original VAs joined as fast as they could…f.ex. after 2. or 3. episode…that would partly return that magic of DxD…..maybe…What do you guys think? What´s better? Just deal with the change and let them dub it to the end…or return of the old VAs as fast as it´s possible….You know that just idea…hypothetical 🙂
Couldn’t even get past the first episode, RIP one of the best dubs their was, subs it is 🙁 . Can’t watch any dubs with Josh Grelle, Scott Freeman was a million times better. Akeno seems like a totally different character now. Probably should have just waited a year and a half again like they did with HSDXD New to get the voice actors we want to hear :/
Calm down FUNI said that they’ll go back to check on the broadcast dub and make any needed changes for the DVD release.
Well Nvm I take that back Josh Grelle had a few good shows but his fit into this show is just awful, he makes Issei sound younger too a point where it is a bit irritating. But don’t even get me started on Akeno. They probably should have just used Jamie’s voice twice. If they were looking for a change in voice that big I feel as if they should have picked Todd Haberkorn for Issei.
I can’t even get through the episode. I heard Issei and Josh Grelle just doesn’t fit in as Issei. Some say it makes Issei sound more mature but that’s just it. Issei isn’t mature. Scott’s voice was perfect. As for Akeno’s voice, it is missing something. Teri’s voice gave Akeno a kind of seductive tone. Akeno’s voice now isn’t even close. I want to try and watch it but the changes are too much. Please FUNimation, just stop the broadcast dub here and wait until you can get everyone back.
Totally agree
Same by me…:)
Also agree, Really bummed to watch the sub but have no choice.
Hey Funimation I have a question are Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel going to be the permanent voices for Issei and Akeno in highschool DxD season 3 even in the final official blu-ray and DVD release if so please try to get Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers back for the final official blu-ray and DVD release and re record their voices for highschool DxD season 3 even if it takes a long time like a year and a half or even 2 years to get Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers in the booth to record it would be,
worth the wait to have the same voice actors and I know a lot of highschool DxD fans would agree with me as long as we get the same voice actors we won’t mind the long wait for the DVDs and Blu ray release so please Funimation if you guys can please let us know maybe even on the next doubletalk live show because right now us High School DxD fans are kind of in the dark not knowing what’s going on.
Not only are they in the dark but they are really pissed off at the current change.
come on everybody we need to put our foot down and tell Funimation exactly what we think about this ridiculous plan to change the voice actors and don’t just say (oh we can get used to the new voices) do you want to know why we shouldn’t get used to the new voices because Funimation has only been doing broadcast dubs for about 4 months now and this is one of the only Anime’s that they’re doing a broadcast dub of that had previous multiple seasons and what’s the first thing that they do they,
Agree, I’m really hoping the amount of hate on this new blog and the forums will get the fact that no one is happy into their head’s but I highly doubt it.
Well…I wouldn´t call it hate man….but dissatisfaction with new VAs…maybe they are good, but original VAs are the best…and it´s in human nature to want and fight for the best thing 🙂
change the voice actors so stop and think to yourself if they can change the voice actors for highschool DxD season 3 what’s stopping them from changing the voice actors for any other anime series sequels like for example what if they come out with Attack on Titan season 2 and for some reason some of the voice actors are not ready to record are they just going to grab some random voice actors off the street just so they can come out with season 2 quicker no you take your time and do it right,
Oh I agree.
Attack on titan S2 was the one I was thinking about as well, Funimation is shooting themself in the foot by rushing these out. The people who are fans, are the only supporting you and yet they toss us aside to rush shit out the door.
I’m just saying this is something they won’t even address, they don’t care. If they did we wouldn’t be in the dark over everything that happens on this site. One can hope though surely they can’t be that stupid can they?
with getting the same voice actors that was in the first season’s and Funimation is being so unreasonable they’re treating us like we’re a bunch of idiots they’re probably thinking oh it doesn’t matter who’s voicing these characters as long as we get the show out quicker so they can make more money and here’s another point that I have it doesn’t matter there voice actors are still actors so you can’t change a actors in a sequel for example imagine if the first two Harry Potter movies came out,
and everybody loved them and finally the third movie came out and we find out that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson was replaced with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone yeah Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are amazing actors but it just wouldn’t be right to the fans or the franchise so this is what needs to happen if anybody from Funimation is reading this comment please pay attention you guys can finish your broadcast dub with these new voice actors but before highschool DxD season 3 gets released,
on blu-ray and dvd YOU GUYS NEED to re record Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers and make this English dub the right way even if it takes a year and a half or even 2 years to release High School DxD season 3 English dub with Scott Freeman as Issei and Teri Rogers as Akeno so please Funimation don’t screw up this amazing series I really don’t want to lose faith in you guys.
We need to increase our voice guys….we need more poeple to say their dissatisfaction with new VAs…I am very upset, when we are here…trying for something and there are people, who are just make it harder for us because of their “I accept” attitude…I am trying everywhere but, there are no more than dozen guys (maybe little more) saying that change is bad…like Vali said…It´s disappointing, it´s so disappointing it´s funny 🙁
Hey everybody I think this is Funimation’s email address feedback@funimation.com I urge anybody who isn’t happy with the new English dub to spam the hell out of Funimation and tell them that we want the original voice actors back I already sent an email and I’m going to continue sending emails every single day until they give us a straight answer so please anybody that once the original voice actors back help me out and spam the hell out of Funimation,
Hell yeah. We should also spam how pissed we are everywhere else to like we should get this comment section on this blog to 1000+ comments and we should also spam their facebook, twitter and fourms.
The email work when everybody tried to email Funimation about a Rosario Vampire season 3 and sekirei season 3 eventually Funimation got tired of all the emails and they finally started answering the questions in videos so people would stop emailing them this is pretty much the same thing just keep on spamming the hell out of them and eventually we’ll get an answer I’m going to email them a couple times a day please I urge everybody else to do the same thing and help me out.
if anybody else knows of any other Funimation’s email address please let me know.
Hate to say it guys but FUNimation is a business. Yes they love anime and are doing the best they can to dish out what we want but there’s a line between business and passion. Do you even know how much it costs to license a show, let alone dub it? Licensing a show costs as low as $20,000 to as high as $1 million. And that’s PER SHOW, add up the licensing costs PLUS the dubbing PLUS packaging costs…we’re talking over $1 million here for ONE SHOW.
Anime isn’t exactly the biggest bestseller in U.S. either…long story short, I think FUNimation made the right decision for the recast. I support FUNi and always will. Yes it sucks as I too preferred Scott and Terri, but High School DxD is a big property in Japan it must have cost them a lot of $$$ to bring over here. Ask yourselves this: would you prefer a couple of dub changes, or a big show bombing one after another and FUNi going out of business?
The long wait for the last two season’s didn’t hurt, Heck if anything it added more fans as to how well it was dubbed.
With them rushing out and giving into the weight of making a quick buck this could cost them more in the long run if anyone of the fans decide to bail on this now. A simple change isn’t bad but when it’s two of the strongest character’s then on top of that the new VA’s aren’t trying. Just read how many people didn’t finish the first EP.
If this season bombs, it’s because of the dub changes.
If FUNimation had waited to release the dub on DVD everyone would have complained “it’s taking too long wtf?????” So either way FUNimation will get the blame when it’s not their fault. Spamming their inbox wouldn’t be right.
First of all yes it is their fault who cares if it would’ve took a year and a half to get released on Blu-ray least it would’ve been done right instead of this half ass way of rushing it and in case you forgot up until a couple months ago every single title took a year and a half to get released on Blu-ray so if Funimation actually care about their customers instead of caring about their wallets this would’ve never happened like they always say if you can’t do something right don’t do it at all
And like I said in my previous comment we do need to spam the hell out of them and let them know how we feel because if we don’t then they’re going to keep on doing the same thing over and over again with other series how would you feel watching Attack on Titan season 2 with Todd Haberkorn as Eren and Monica Rial Mikasa I bet you’ll have something to then.
The first thing they should have done is made sure they could get the whole cast before even trying to do a broadcast dub. People were going to watch the simulcast either way and now the entire dub is screwed. Way to go.
Ok, so I thought I’d put my 2 cents on this. I just got finished re-watching the first episode with the new dub. It is not bad, I have heard stranger dubs. I think it will take a bit longer to get used to with Scott Freeman and Teri Rodger doing the voice for the first 2 seasons, but I think I’ll eventually be natural. The same thing happened with me for Shakugan no Shana I will still buy the dub when it comes out on Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack, so that way we will still get physical release.
First of all the main reason why Shakugan no Shana went wrong was because Geneon had The rights to season 1 and after they went out of business funimation pick up the right and both companies use different Voice actors so that’s why they change this is a totally different situation The only reason way they change the Voice actors for DXD season 3 is because they’re doing this stupid Broadcast dub thing If DXD season 3 would have came out last year everything would’ve been okay.
I actually like Akeno’s new voice better. It still feels a bit weird though.
I won´t get used to that new VAs…just won´t! I missed old VAs and I do everything for to watch season 3 of HSDxD with original VAs…because they did a great piece of work…and I am sure that they also will do even better in the future of HSDxD. So please…don´t be quiet guys…don´t choose easier option…JUST FIGHT!
I know I totally agree why should we have to settle for the new voice actors we are the customers if we don’t stop this now then it’s never going to stop and we have to stop it now because the boardcast dub just started so maybe there’ll still be time to change the voices for at least the blu-Ray and DVD release come on do you really want this half ass dub for the rest of our lives because once they finish it we can’t go back so everybody stop saying you’ll settle for the now voices.
That is my main concern going forward. I suspect they won’t think it is worth it to redub those characters for the physical release, but I at least want them to know that I do not find this acceptable. If broadcast dubs mean that we lose casting consistency, I’d rather wait.
I personally don’t like the new Issei and Akeno, in my opinion they don’t sound like they are even trying to fit what Scott Freeman and Teri Rodgers made them to be, in fact it sounds like their trying to remake them. But that’s just my opinion, I may be wrong as it is only the first episode with them in but from first impressions I don’t see myself readjusting to them and I may just stick with the sub version from here out.
As a perfectionist half the time, this news downright irritates me. I PRAY that this isn’t a permanent cast for DVD release. Please Funimation don’t disappoint me or other fans of this show. You guys never have disappointed me in the past, don’t do it now come DVD release time. D;
I’d rather hear Josh Grelle as Trafalgar Law in One Piece. Just sayin’…
So I forced myself through the first episode. I just can’t say that I like the new VAs and will be able to readjust. I just can’t. This is my favorite show and I have preferred the dubs when it comes to this show. After watching the first 5 episodes of season 3 subbed, I had extremely high hopes for the dub. The new VAs don’t even sound like they are putting in an effort to fit the characters. It honestly screws up everything for me. If they don’t fix this then I think my favorite show is ruined
FUNimation, please just put everything on hold until you can get everyone back for the dub. You are just angering more people than you are satisfying with these changes. It’s really upsetting that they have replaced the main character and a huge character such as Akeno. Especially when Akeno pretty much has her own episode this season. It isn’t the same and needs to be fixed. Just hear the community out for once and fix this now.
Exactly…be wise..please…do it with original VAs Every problem can be fixed…it´s only a question of trying 🙂
I am curious what they mean when they say “life gets in the way.” As you said, the lead and a major supporting role were both recast. I can see where they would want to get this broadcast dub out there, but I think the reaction shows just how risky it is to push forward rather than wait. We were all going to wait for the uncensored version anyway, so where is the harm? I don’t know it just seems like they misjudged what people wanted.
That´s right guys…write here about your dissatisfaction with the new VAs! I don´t like them either…It´s just like you said…they don´t fit into these roles..I´m sorry..that´s just the way it is. (in my op.) So keep continue…not just here…but everywhere 🙂 we can do this…together!
A lot of people are complaining about the dub on the kissanime website, over 120 comments.
Considering they’re watching it on an illegal streaming site, they effectively have no right to complain. 😛
FUNimation, is the cast change only for the broadcast dub and the main cast retuning for the dxd/blu Ray? I understand that things come up and that life gets in the way, but I really liked the original cast, hoping everything with Scott and Teri, best of luck to the both of them, nothing against the new cast but I hope everything works out and, hey who knows this new cast could only be for the broadcast dub, and if not maybe the original cast can come back for season 4 haha!
I wouldn’t mind waiting however long it takes if you have to out the dub on hold to get the original cast back as well
look at that, thanks funimaion, thanks for being one of the biggest company that cant ever keep the same voice actors and flip off all the watchers so thanks just keep f******* up like you tend to do u make us sooo happy…
I would like to know proper reasons for these changes…I mean if there were legitimate excuses for the people not being able to return it might help soften the blow. Personally though if dubbing shows early is going to prevent you from being able to keep the same voice actors then don’t dub early. Wait. No one wants different people voicing previous characters just to meet some asinine goal of simulcast dub. If the reason is not the simulcast dub then explain and people will be more accepting.
Agreed. We were already going to have to wait for the uncensored version, so waiting to get the whole cast back wouldn’t be a big deal. Unless “life gets in the way” means that the actors quit the show and/or acting, I don’t see why it was necessary to carry forward without the LEAD actor and a major supporting actor. Josh is very talented, but when you’re looking at recasting the main character, you have to expect a very negative response.
Here is another email address to contact Funimation DubbleTalk@FUNimation.com this email address is pacifically used for the DubbleTalk live show on Wednesdays and they say on the show if you have any questions about any simulcast show or broadcast dub’s to send all of your questions to this email address so guys that means that they check all of the email sent to this email address so guys this is our chance send as many emails as you possibly can spam the hell out of this email address,
and make sure that you tell Funimation in your email that we want Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers back for the High School DXD BorN’s Blu-Ray and DVD final release come on guys we can get this done just keep on sending emails I already sent 10 emails today to this email address DubbleTalk@FUNimation.com just send as many email as you possibly can every single day for the next few weeks and I’m sure we can get Funimation to crack.
This is war!!
Can they keep Kelly for the flashback scenes, she does sound younger than Terri.
When will this be uncensored
Only before and with the DVD /blu-ray release. So somewhere end of the year/early 2016. Atleast that is my guess. Their simulcast dubs of 2014 havent gotten a release date either.
I´d like to thank each and everyone of you for your hard work and fighting…big thanks to outlaw4188. I also started with sending emails on DubbleTalk@FUNimation.com and please join us….We need more supporters, more funs….If we want to succeed, we gonna need the biggest possible variety of senders. Wish luck to all of us!
No problem man I’m happy to help 🙂 and by the way johnny1918cz do you know of any other websites or forums/blog’s that we can spread the word and tell people about sending emails to this email address DubbleTalk@FUNimation.com because so far I’ve only been telling people on here and on Facebook to send emails I don’t have a Twitter or a Google+ so if you know of any other websites that would be awesome unless you have a Twitter and Google+ that way you can let people know on those websites.
Just letting you know, that’s the wrong email. They can do nothing about this issue since that email is for the dubbletalk show. The best they can do is address the matter on the show, but they can’t physically do anything about it. Another thing, it’s highly unlikely that Teri Rogers would be back regardless if they can do something about it. It appears as if she moved. It’s possible they lost contact with her. She hasn’t been in any 2015 anime after all.
I don’t think Teri Rogers moved I checked her Facebook and it says that she still lives in Texas I just think what happened was Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers were doing other jobs Voice actor say all the time that they have multiple jobs because just voice acting can’t pay the bills so I think they were just doing some other acting job during the time that funimation wanted them to record and that’s why everybody is so mad because funimation didn’t want to wait they wanted that money.
I couldn’t even watch halfway through it. They have screwed the show for me so il stick with the sub. All respect to josh great in other shows but Scott freeman is issei Hyodo BRING HIM BACK FUNIMATION!!!!
I can understand why this would be a candidate for a broadcast dub, but i have to agree that it would have been better to wait. Anyone who watched it dubbed would have also watched it uncensored, so I suspect most of us were planning on waiting anyway. I also get the “life gets in the way,” but that is all the more reason to wait. As someone else said, a blog post saying that it was necessary to wait for schedules to clear would have worked.
I don’t understand why people are so passionate about an ecchi show. I see why there are some complications with FUNimation’s questionable handling of the dub, but I don’t see how there is such a passionate fan-base for a show like High School DxD. Anyone care to elaborate?
It’s personal preference. The character limit on posts here prevents going into much detail, but simple put, people like what they like, there isn’t really an explanation for it.
Hm. Oh well, I personally have a slight problem with it, but it isn’t because I enjoy the show. Maybe this all transpired truly because of how “life gets in the way”, but there are still some questionable decisions on FUNi’s part.
It’s possible, but without knowing more it looks like Funi wanted to do a broadcast dub of a popular show, which makes sense, but ended up making the baffling decision to recast major characters. I don’t know, it just seems like recasting the lead would be enough to hold off on this.
Why is almost everybody saying that Josh Grelle’s voice for Issei is better Scott Freeman’s voice for him. I like Josh Grelle as a voice actor, but I think that Scott Freeman was a lot better in the role. I also heard Akeno’s new voice and it’s pretty bad IMO (probably not as bad as Chris Ryan as Karasuma in Assassination Classroom, but still pretty bad). PS I found the uncensored dub in the internet.
Wtf no one is saying Josh is better, they say he’s a great voice actor but Scott is better cast as Issei. Also, Chris Ryan is great Kurasuma.
I’m not saying that people think Josh is better than Scott on this website, I read those comments on other websites. PS I’m not saying that Chris Ryan is a bad voice actor, I just personally didn’t like his voice as Karasuma (before the Assassination Classroom cast was announced I wanted Robert McCollum to voice Karasuma, I didn’t even had Chris Ryan in mind to voice him). I don’t care if people liked him as Karasuma, that doesn’ bother me (I’m just letting know my opinion, please respect that).
Also, I hope the reaction seen here doesn’t come as a complete surprise for Funi. People routinely show their support when Funi outsources in order to maintain a dub cast or when they are able to get previous actors to come to Dallas to record. Let’s just say, the reaction is exactly what I would expect.
I also like Scott better for the Issei role than Josh not to sham on Josh he’s also a good actor in his own right just not as Issei.
Yeah Yeah…everybody is too careful, so that nobody could say that´s just all about hate…Josh and Kelly are good but not as Issei and Akeno …we all know that…we don´t have to start our comments with this fact everytime….come on guys :)…we need to get Scott and Teri back 🙂 It´s hard, but not pointless and sorry…I don´t know about any other email adress…in fact I´d like to ask for a link of facebook, where can I put my dissatisfaction…and to be noticed.
If you’re looking for their Facebook page all you need to do is go to Google and type in funimation/facebook and it should be the top result you should see some of my comments on there I commented some of the same stuff that I commented on here.
ok thanks 🙂
Scott’s voice made the show for me. If they don’t redub, I know I for one will not buy season 3. This is coming from someone who already bought the limited editions of seasons 1 and 2. Josh Grelle has a distracting deeper voice and is going to take a while to get used to. If he tried to make his voice more like Kenichi from Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple he might be more tolerable. Akeno didn’t bother me as much, but she did lose her character’s mature, sexy vibe. Hoping for a redub!
I sent a request to two YouTubers to help this forum with our problem.
Awesome that’s a Great idea Who did you ask any big name YouTubers that I might know??.
Okay everyone I have some really good news I finally got a response from one of my emails here it is and I quote (Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. We do appreciate your feedback as it helps us to provide a FUN experience to our fans. We will be happy to forward your comments along to the appropriate departments If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.Thank you! John from FUNimation.com Support Staff Member) end quote.
Well, it is a canned response, but at least the email was acknowledged. I’m not exactly hopeful that anything will change for this show going forward, but I do hope that they get the message for future projects. Based on the comments section, I’d say it s fairly clear that they misjudged what customers prioritized, though it baffles me to think that recasting the lead role wasn’t enough to make them hold off on this.
That sounds…promising 🙂 at least something from their side 🙂 good work outlaw…now…we have to make our pressuer even bigger 😀
Okay guys all we need to do is keep on sending emails I got this email response using the Funimation customer service support forum here is the link to the forum http://www.funimation.com/support just fill it out and tell Funimation that we want Scott Freeman and Teri Rogerss back for the High School DXD Born official blu-ray release and make sure you spam the hell out of them even though I got a response I’m still going to keep on emailing them like crazy and I urge everyone to do the same.
this is not all that bad of a change. Akeno sounds a little off but Issei I can deal with if they keep josh but if they could get Scott and Teri for the DVD release that be great.
Has that been done before?
Sometimes, but it usually happens when an actor is from out of town and can’t make it in to reprise a role. It isn’t common for Funi regulars though. I suspect that Funimation being in a hurry to do this broadcast dub is what caused the issue. What bothers me so much is that this seems like it could have been avoided by simply waiting to dub this show. Plenty of others to give a broadcast dub.
In my opinion Josh Grelle did a really good job, Kelly Angel was okay it’ll take some getting used I’d still prefer Teri Rogers but everyone’s saying that can be fixed if they redub it
So yea after all the commotion about the dubcast changes I finaly had the time to watch it for myself. And oh boy this whole commotion is really popcorn material :P.
Anyways, the biggest problem isnt that there are 2 other VA playing it. The problem is we love Teri Rodgers and Scott Freeman as their roles as Issei and Akeno to much. Scott and Josh are pretty similiar with their voices however completly making the same voice is nearly impossible, which is the case in this situation. If Josh
was cast from the beginning, season 1, then everyone would have wanted him. The voice of Akeno sure changed really alot. The thing i loved about Teri Rodgers Akeno was her perverted seduction abusing voice when she was battling. The new VA didnt bring that same vibe as Teri Rodgers did. Hopefully that will improve with the next episodes. But can I say it was bad? No. I rather have Teri Rodgers as well, but she did a fine job. In a perfect world which i prefer as well they would play their rolls
again. Hopefully the DVD version will have them both again. Btw people that are complaining that funimation broadcast dub a censored version need to understand that they simply cant stream an unncesored version of it. Its something called the law, of some sorts.
I don’t think people are really that worked up about the particular actors so much as they are concerned that this even happened in the first place. We all knew we would have to wait for the uncensored dub, so was it necessary to broadcast dub this when it meant that the lead role and a major supporting role would be recast? I’ll take consistency over speed.
FUNimation is still experimenting with their shows. They’re the first company to ever do a simulcast dub, meaning there is no precedent production-wise and therefore have to do something that never has been done before. Personally some I think this simulcast dub idea can only work effectively work with some shows. As some VA’s have said, the one thing that is potentially sacrificed when simulcasting a dub is quality.
The first to do simulcast dubs? Um, what’s Kurokami: The Animation from Bandai Entertainment (Granted it became a disaster due to how it was done, many times they had to use unfinished animation instead of finished animation for the voice actors due to them doing it exactly as it aired in Japan)? Gundam Unicorn from Bandai Visual? And how about shows like SD Gundam that premiered over here first?
Because they have to work with raw footage from Japan, I wasn’t surprised Highschool DxD Born was censored. In my opinion, Highschool DxD Born was not the best show to simulcast dub due to the fact it would be censored, something that would upset the fanbase.
The general sentiment from the comments so far seems to agree with you. We waited for the dub with the uncensored version on the first two seasons, so I think most would have been fine waiting again. I figured this would get a broadcast dub, but I was on the fence about watching it since it’s difficult to go from uncensored to censored, anyway, so I would have gladly waited a while longer. Overall, this situation seems pretty avoidable to me.
They rushed to get it on the market and now they have pissed all of their fan’s and it’s a shame as I’m betting nothing will come from this..NOTHING AT ALL.
SO it look’s like this won’t be the only show they are willing to fuck us over on, Don’t even wanna know what they’ll rush out in the coming years.
So in case anybody forgot here are the 3 most effective ways to get ahold of Funimation Number 1 email them at DubbleTalk@FUNimation.com
Number 2 email them at feedback@funimation.com
Number 3 and maybe the most important go to this link http://www.funimation.com/support and fill out the forum now that being said make sure you don’t just use one of these methods use all three of them and spam the hell out of them that’s what I’ve been doing so come on guys help me out here.
You can’t use the support feature to address complaints. Abuse of the support feature could result in getting your account banned.
xD haha thats funny
“I believe our work this season will be the best ever”
Well good sir, it seems you have already failed and this is only the first ep. DO you really think this is the best work, are you new to the team. There is a reason so many are pissed, Season 1/2 were greatly dubbed and yet you already shot yourself in the foot over the first ep and have produced shit.
Ouh yeah…season 1 and 2…best dub I´ve ever seen in anime…didn´t watch to many anime but still 🙂 and season 3….aahh! We need to get Scott and Teri back! That´s nothing else here to talk about guys so thanks to outlaw…we have an opportunity to fight and write about our dissatisfaction. So come on guys…don ´t give up…let´s do this for what is good.
Even if it does end up being very well done, there is always going to be the specter of recasting hanging over it. People get irritated over recasting but are at least willing to understand when it would be too costly to retain a cast or when an actor retires, etc. But this really seems like it was an avoidable scenario. Honestly, that poor decision bothers me more than the actual casting at this point.
I have to agree with you good sir.
The fact that this whole case could have been different if Funimation played it smart instead of cutting corners. I think that is just wrong and a major Flip-off for any of the fan’s and people who pay for good Dub’s from them. This is why I think they’ll stick to this crap dub and ignore all the feedback from fans.
It’s sickening to think that they had a good chance and yes, one change in anime isn”t the end of the world but will this end or go on for to more
I’d be quite surprised if they re-recorded for the physical release, but I’d at least like them to know that this sort of thing can’t become a habit. It just seems like they completely misjudged what customers want if they thought being fast was preferable to being consistent.
I’m boycotting the dub until the return of Teri and Scott cause josh doesn’t play true perverts properly and Kelly sounds wrong cause I love dxd’s dub that’s the way I first watched it and the moment akeno started speaking in episode 1 of season 1 I fell in love with that voice and believe that Teri is perfect for her so as I said I’m boycotting until Scott and Teri’s return
well put! 🙂
Hmm, think it may be time to subscribe again. Enough broadcast dubs out/coming out to make it worth it (didn’t resubscribe when they came out with their sub only pass…. Annoying to have to pay for both when the sub only ones did not have to, and I’d never watch a sub….)
While change does take time getting used to, it will be nice to watch it in English before everything is spoiled for me.
Okay guys make sure that you don’t forget but tomorrow is Wednesday so FUNimation is having their weekly live show DoubleTalk on Twitch TV at 9:30pm EST in case anybody doesn’t know how Twitch TV works here is the link http://www.twitch.tv/funimation it’s going to be a live show with a live comment section so anybody who doesn’t like the voice actor change for this broadcast dub of High School DXD Born make sure that you go there and spam your opinion in the comment section,
I know I am going to be there spamming the hell out of that comment section even if they don’t respond to our comments if there is a large number of us commenting at least they’ll know how pissed we are so everybody I’m going to need your help over there on Twitch TV tomorrow if you don’t have a Twitch account just make one it’s basically exactly the same as YouTube it doesn’t cost anything to make an account I hope to see all of you guys over there tomorrow spamming the hell out of the comments
We’ve added more information. Please see the update at the top of the post — thank you!
:'( thank you for letting us know :'(
Hats off to Funimation and team for screwing up and soo soon in 2015.
Thank you to everyone that has posted comments regarding the first episode of the broadcast dub of High School DxD BorN. We understand the reactions from long term fans to the change in voice actors — which is the very reason we announced the recasting before the new dub aired. 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
That´s what they wrote on facebook check the rest of it…very bad 🙁 …but don ´t tell me there is no solution…f. ex. to send them some support…I wouldn ´mind it….and people are travelling for a job all the time…so let´s see tomorrow 🙂
Well, they responded on Facebook, at least. From the sounds of it, both actors have moved on and weren’t going to be on the show at all, even if they waited. While annoying, it is at least understandable. Although, I will say they could have saved a lot of trouble for themselves by saying that the actors had moved on. “Life just gets in the way” is pretty vague and open to speculation.
With that said, I can now settle in to watch. Like I said previously, the actors themselves didn’t bother me, it was more the idea that broadcast dubbing it might have been the problem. Knowing that wasn’t the issue helps.
Yeah I agree at least they noticed all of our comments and they finally let us know everything that’s going on I just wish Scott and Teri The best of luck in there acting careers but I’m going to say this right now if for some reason a year from now I see Scott Freeman or Teri Rogers in a new Funimation series then I’m going to be pissed and I’m going to have some words to say to Funimation.
mmm, who knows, maybe things will change and both Scott and Terri will come back, but I’ll just wait.
It looks like Scott and Teri have left voice acting , I didn´t see any bigger f*****g mistake…really…wish them luck and everything…but stilll…they abandoned us…I don´t know, but personally I would feel that duty to finish it…be part of something…don´t disappoint fans and don´t just let work not done, but that´s just me 🙁 …sh*t 🙁
I know I know…they did nothing wrong…I am just sad 🙁
ok the va part is explained bUT the censoring? time to bring this discussion back on the map
the simulcast is given to them censored. they use the simulcast for broadcast dubs. the show will be uncensored when released on DVD/BD
Pretty much, and before someone asks “But the fansubs are uncensored!”, that’s because they’re ripping from AT-X (Which also requires a subscription fee to watch). FUNimation is getting the same materials as other broadcasters not AT-X. AT-X is the only place it’s airing uncensored. AT-X uncensored footage is not allowed for simulcasts.
Censorship for broadcast and simulcast is not a new thing, it’s been going on for ages.
Exactly. This isn’t new at all. Personally, I plan to watch now because I want to see the story, and then I’ll watch again later for the uncensored version. It’s not like I can only watch a show one time ever.
I almost lit up the forums in response to complainers, but I felt like that might not have been the most polite thing to do.
As far as I’m concerned Josh Grelle earned his stripes long ago, and the whiners can stick it.
Most weren’t actually complaining about him, specifically. It was more that the announcement made is seem like the broadcast dub schedule didn’t allow a couple actors time to reprise their roles. Now that we know that isn’t the case, there isn’t much choice but to get used to it.
would ya look at all these comments.
I realize voice actors have their own lives and we should respect their privacy, but we should have been given some better explanations as to why they were unavailable. If I were a voice actor for a series I would feel obligated to finish it for my fan base. Either they had something very serious to attend to or they moved on. Either way they completely abandoned their fans in the process. I hope that Funimation and (US) the loyal fan base can contact them and sway them back to their roles!
Well, I’m not sure that is a great idea. Actors don’t typically leave things behind without very strong reasons, and I doubt if Scott and Teri made the decision lightly. Knowing that something prevented each of them from returning at all is enough since I’m sure both would have stuck around if they could. Pestering them isn’t a good idea.
It wouldn’t be pestering them. It would be showing are undying support for them. If they need more time or money I’m sure many fans would be willing to pitch in. I know I would. I absolutely loved their voices. And they really made the show for me.
I agree…Scott and Teri should get back to work 🙂 You know..we all want them back…they should be flattered and honoured by our responses 🙂
I´ve got a question for all of you…who´s gonna be on this link: http://www.twitch.tv/funimation and still trying to write them no matter what…that you want Teri and Scott back?…no matter what they wrote on facebook…I know it might look pointless when they´ve moved but still…will you watch a Dubbletalk and send them a message that we want S+T back in dub?…and if there are any possibilities to get them back. maybe even a support sent by fans? Cause I am gonna be there 🙂
Dude. Seriously.
Let it go. :hmm:
Well I I’m not sure if I am mistaken, not sure about Terri Rogers, but Scott Freeman does not appear to have left voice acting, according to behind the voice actors he is going to have three roles this year. Goatee in Ben-To, Kengo Usui in Maken-Ki Two, and Takehaya in Kamisama Kiss 2. I’m also pretty sure they changed Azazel and Xenovia’s va aswell, though these two are not as noticeable. So I’m still not quite sure why Scott wouldn’t be able to return.
at least two of those have already been recorded. Ben-to has already been released, and Takehaya only appeared in the first half of Kamisama Kiss. chance are very high recording for Maken-Ki 2 is done, and if not, they will simply replace him
Very true. Based on commentary tracks, the recordings are done sometimes months in advance of the actual release, so I can see Maken-Ki 2 being done already, or at least Scott’s part. Or else they’ll have no choice but to recast. Ben-to came out a while ago, and with a delayed release it was probably a year ago that it was recorded. It’s also entirely possible that whatever came up happened right between recording this and Kamisama Kiss,.
Ben-to was recorded in 2013. It was supposed to be released in 2014 but got postponed a year due to being given the censored version.
Same happened with Sankarea. It was released on 2013 censored then rereleased in 2015 uncensored.
I wonder if it will be possible to re-dub Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers roles of the 1st and 2nd season, then issue a collection containing both seasons in this rerelease with the new voices. The series is certainly popular enough to do this.
No.
Based the updated information, it sounds like neither will be available at all, so it probably wouldn’t be possible to rerecord even down the road.
What I meant is them dubbing over just Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers roles in the past seasons, then rerelease the 1st and 2nd seasons together with the new 2 cast members. They do rereleases of series all the time, so why not?
Because it would be a huge waste of money.
@SpacemanHardy Not really they’re going to redub stuff for the final materials for the 3rd season, so might as well just dub over past seasons as well. It’s not really a waste seeing as they will do rereleases of the past seasons anyway.
Sad to say but I think this is the end of the road for me as far as the High School DxD dub goes. I have attempted to watch the new dub, can’t do it. So hyped for S3 dub, not anymore. I didn’t even crack a smile like I did with old Issei. I have purchased both DxD and New dubbed blu-rays, afraid I won’t be purchasing the third one. Getting used to a VA change every time I want to re-watch the show would be pointless, same reason I didn’t buy Shak. no Shana. Oh well best Dub made while it lasted
With All due respect, Funimation, If you all had come out with the update first explaining that they were unavailable / unable to continue, I think a lot of people would have been more understanding / tolerant of the changes, instead of just announcing the changes with no explanation. Thanks.
I have to agree. The uproar came about because the announcement was very vague as to the reasons, and it wasn’t unreasonable to think that the schedule of a broadcast dub could have eliminated the flexibility that is there for recording for a regular release. As annoying as cast changes are, I can get over them if I know there was a good reason for it. “Life just gets in the way” was completely open to interpretation, especially when the announcement came out 2 hours before the episode.
Ahh, alright. That makes sense. I will buy the dub so it doesn’t become like The Familiar of Zero where only one season was dubbed and rest were not. I hope the series will be dubbed til the end of the series. Plus I love Josh Grelle, one of my fav male Funimation VA.
How can you compare The Familiar of Zero to highschool DxD? Totaly diffrent situation. Funimation dropped the licenses after supposly bad sales. Sentai has the rights now of all 4 seasons. Which means if the sub sells well enough we might get the last 3 seasons to be dubbed eventuely as well.
I will be sad to see them leave but nothing can be done we just have to accept things now how they are and still enjoy the show
That is a shame that they were unable to be in the show. Happy that you guys at Funimation gave us an update on this though.
im sorry but I no it hard to say this but I don’t think I can except the new voice actors because I have watched dubbed and sub and I don’t think I can carry on watching high school dxd born dubbed.
but if funimation can ask the voice actors at a better time so the dubbed sounds more better/original
im sorry but I no it hard to say this but I don’t think I can except the new voice actors because I have watched dubbed and sub and I don’t think I can carry on watching high school dxd born dubbed.
but if funimation can ask the voice actors at a better time so the dubbed sounds more better/original.
its not like they had to bring dubbed out right away because I shore they bring dubbed out after subbed
Back to sub I guess.
I watched the first episode without knowing the cast has changed, I moment I heard the new vocie of Akino and Issei I thought I was watching a fandub. The new voice actor of Issei sound much older than the character and Akino’s new voice is much worse. Akeno’s voice easily stand out most noticeably her somewhat seductive tone, the new voice actor has a very generic female voice which completely failed to capture the essence of her character.
If Scott’s leaving for good, then who’s voicing England for the new Hetalia coming soon?
After giving the dub a couple watches I’ve learned to grow on the VAs change and it’s really not bad not bad at all, Josh is doing a wonderful job as Issei, give it time, Akenos change isn’t bad either the 1st episode everyone seemed off but the second episode felt real to me and I enjoyed the hell of of it!
I seem to be the only one that isn’t losing their head over this cast change…
Oh man I guess we could all give them a shot but I feel that with a role like Issei’s you need someone with a high pitched voice and this new actors’ voice is just to chill
Hate to just add throw my comments on with everyone else’s but like its been said Josh can pull off Issei if needed, but the change for akeno is the saddest part she had such a seductive tone that when spoke made you listen, the new one seems to high pitch and to cleche’ thats the saddest part changing the voice actor is hard no doubt but you should at least try ti change it to a similar actress
I’m gonna wait until Season 3 is released on Blu-Ray before I watch the whole thing, but I can say from watching most of the first episode that I don’t really like the voice changes. There’s nothing worse than changing voice actors mid series (much like changing actors on an actual TV show), but unfortunately there’s nothing to be done. I just hope I’ll adjust to the new voice actors, as I’ve always preferred dubs over subs.
when is the blue ray dvd comming out i so much want to buy it!^^
Ok and what Can I say but WOW, and not in a pleasant way. First off I’ve kept my self spoiler free about the broadcast dub and anything about it. Second it’s 3 am atm so sorry if there poor spelling. Well here I am re-watching the first and second seasons of HSDXD and go to start the third get about 5 minuets in and simply go “What the fuck” because my ears must have here something off. BUT nope turns out after making a quick leap to the wiki I find out about the re-dub.
Now I’ve been watching anime since the early 80’s so i’m used to re-dub and cast changes. Shit happens and for the most part all we can really do is just roll with or give up on it. But FUNI here had gained my respect for the longest time for their dubing quality. However recently they’ve been lacking and even falling in their quality. And this show is a prime example. Now the new guy is decent and can come close to Scott just sounds older, but that can work to FUNI’s advantage as the series
goes on. Kelly Angel on the other hand just breaks the dub for me and apparently many others. She’s just too different from the original VA that it just breaks the atmosphere for me. She doesn’t even come close to the Tone, Accent, or Way of speaking as the original. Now I Firmly believe that EVERY VA shout receive respect and acknowledgement, and I do like her voice. JUST not in this role. Come on you couldn’t have tried just a little bit harder to get someone closer? Really!?
Sorry for long /multiple post.
Guys is there is season 4 for ” high school dxd ” ? If there is , please let me know
Is out and dub or is that next year or something like that
Why censored ?
Issei’s new voice I just can’t get use to it and I honestly can’t get into the show that much anymore because of it. Also why is censored now after two seasons?
When will the Blu-Ray of this release?
After watching it I must say… I can’t stand Issei’s new voice.
Before (in season 1 and 2) the voice actually fit but now (this is after waiting 2 months and forgetting his original voice completely)… it is hands down one of the worst I have heard. It isn’t because he isn’t a good voice actor. He just can’t pull off that voice and it is way too obvious that he can’t.
As much as I loved Issei’s original VA and hate change (it really jarrs me hearing the new voice), there’s nothing Funimation could do: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-06/voice-actor-scott-freeman-convicted-of-possession-of-child-pornography/.92346
well, while it is a shame akeno got changed, issei was out of their hands with the prison term and charges. but I will still watch. however, I am wondering when the series will be out on dvd/blu-ray?
when will the dub be realesed forhighschool dxd seson 3 whats the realese date
im sad to hear the origanal actors wont be doing and i hope the new guys do the show justice im sure they will it might take a little gettinh used to but i still like the show however what i would like to know is when might thew new series be releaseed on dvd in australia
I reiterate what others have asked before me and would appreciate a concrete answer ….
WHEN is this season 3 coming to Blu-ray in region 1?
Please reply.
Garry
if anyone is looking at this comment. i just wanted share what i think might happen to the VA of issei. i was reading how scott freeman was charged with child por…….. and was sent to prison for 3 years and what i was thinking is that since that happened in 2014 maybe just maybe in 2017 they will release scott and he might be able to do issei’s voice again.But then again from what I’ve been told that might not happen… well these are my thoughts on what might happen to issei’s VA.