Dragon Ball Voice Actor Controversy! Big Changes Coming?

[@mjr9931]

The culture of dropping characters because of the VA passing away or doing something controversial is a really strange thing to me, honestly. Recasting is so much simpler

[@supmichael]

I doubt he'll be removed. The same actor also voiced Sabo in One Piece and he is an essential character in the current part of the story, and Oda will not write him out just because of this. And if Yamcha gets removed but Sabo gets recasted it will be insanely hypocritical on Toei's part

[@LazyPirate8]

Japan has a different perspective on VA man...

[@spencersholden]

@@LazyPirate8true. Sometimes relatives take up the role if it’s important enough. Philoctetes from Hercules Japanese VA died and he doesn’t say a word in the Kingdom Hearts games now.

[@HazzyFcrazy]

No way Yamcha catching real life L’s!!!

[@awanfarrell2880]

He would never

[@CaliburXL99]

@@awanfarrell2880Didn’t he cheat on Bulma in early Z? Or am I just thinking about the abridged version?

[@nsydd3122]

@@CaliburXL99early Z; which helped cause for bulma and vegeta

[@robotmafia000]

Noooooooooo wayyyyyyyyyy!

[@awanfarrell2880]

@@CaliburXL99 no he didn't

[@aytgh]

She's 37 and he's 70? Big deal. She's at least an adult. The other things, however, were awful.

[@drewy2222]

100% agree

[@Geekdom101]

yea man

[@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush]

Totally

[@rafaerudono]

According to the comments I've been seeing over the social medias, the girl is 37 years younger than her

[@specialnewb9821]

Personally I would strongly recommend he retire.

[@Merione]

If it was up to me, I'd simply recast him. Retiring a character, as you said, is usually done for respect, like when an actor gets sick or dies (think of T'Challa, from the MCU), but if he, by his own admission, f*-ed up like this there is no respect to be shown. Yamcha has no part in this story.

[@buekihiamm]

I agree. Yamucha isn't a main character really and his VA getting replaced isn't a big deal. He won't be missed, to be honest.

[@lonecom685]

Plus, Yamch is a cool character and very important to the series as well, even though he wasn't used properly in the story by Super. Even though his voice is iconic, he is beyond his VA! Remember when Tenshinhan's VA unfortunately passed away? They recasted him.

[@adaurysantos]

@@buekihiamm I mean he kind of will be missed since he's been voicing Yamcha since 1986, although I know most English-speaking fans don't really watch Dragon Ball in Japanese

[@myronn6396]

yamcha is useless atp😂

[@user-qg2gy5lg4g]

I'm confused, you think he's less respectable because he admitted he's wrong, than if he would have denied doing anything wrong?

[@belfast4893]

Honestly I don’t see this being an issue for DB aside yamcha having a new VA. If they can easily replace dead VA like Bulma’s, Yamcha never appearing in franchise cause of this is near impossible.

[@ghoulishtheories7979]

For real… How much screen time does Yamcha even get anymore? Them recasting the character’s VA isn’t far-fetched at all. There’s no reason to fully “retire” the character.

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

Yeah, while og DB he is one of my favorites, he's not been relevant for ages, arguably since Z, I don't even remember if he was in the Buu saga, Cell Saga he's just an extra alongside Tien, Piccolo Vegeta etc.

[@veghesther3204]

For Yamcha he doesn't really show in the Buu Saga at all he kind of got Invited to the World Martial Arts tournament in the Buu Saga but kind of Refused to fight in it.

[@godofwar3711]

​@Blaze4ification he was fighting with Krillin training for the other-world tournament when kid buu came thru wrecking shit up.

[@seand7042]

He was Amuro, geez he's been a va since the seventies let my man's retire! Edit: after reading that I wish it was just a retirement news

[@Chaosm03]

1st paragraph. Me: This isn't the worst thing. 2nd paragraph. Me: That's bad. Real bad. 3rd paragraph. Me: Oooookay, that really jumped up. Damn Yamacha. end of the whole thing. Me: This is some shiz, some real shiz.

[@GhostOutTheShell3035]

Ok

[@MaverickHunterDave]

Age differences in Japan is generally not an issue publicly or at all

[@marlongosha]

yea their statutory age is drastically lower than in America

[@QuickThekidd]

these are the same people that had the age of consent at 13

[@jellyrolly]

@@marlongosha which is creepy. Japan is not kind towards women when it comes to women's rights. Who the hell thought 13 was ok for girls to consent to sex??? Even 18 year olds make stupid decisions and cave into it due to pressure from their inconsiderate boyfriends.

[@mistavoid]

@@jellyrolly what makes you think that's a law that only negatively affected girls? boys at 13 weren't excluded.

[@hype5456]

It's not 13​@@QuickThekidd

[@KurayamiGGEZ]

Nothing wrong with the age gap since they're both adults, but him being violent towards her is not ok. At least he's apologizing and making it a brief apology unlike those bs apologies we get from other people who have done wrong.

[@Iabyriinth]

I don't think he means it like that. I think he's trying to say that he at least doesn't try to monetize his apology ​@Lee-km7qq

[@sherrifffff]

it's pretty normal shit in japan if I be honest, no one there really cares about humongous age gaps

[@supaalfo]

lol this is a wild comment to make

[@kingme974]

Why???!!!!!!

[@Diogo85]

@Lee-km7qq Some apologies are fake.

[@tanteichan1]

From what I am reading, Toru used his Rei voice (from Detective Conan) to flirt with the fan because that was the role that brought Toru and his partner together. As a Detco fan, this is pretty awful.

[@JLP7220]

The fact that the names Rei Furuya and Toru Amuro are based on him (Toru Furuya) and his role Ray Amuro makes it even worse. The character was basically made for him and he abused it.

[@Far2Sega4U]

Way better than Diddy's apology

[@trentigalaxy]

yamcha is diddy? no , o lowd

[@LuhZay3]

The Yiddler

[@klaasfaak4039]

Yamcha is probebly gonna be recast like Bulma.

[@ArrosRaikou]

I'm hoping they just recast him as I was looking forward to Yamcha being in Daima as he is my favorite OG DB character

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

me too haisfdo

[@supervegito2277]

70 isnt young... i wonder if forced retirement might be on the table. But yeah, i dont see him voicing yamcha again.

[@mechaocean170]

Daima's most likely finished already so he would've recorded his lines already.

[@garka6135]

big changes?? in what?? db has been on hiatus since 2018, toei doesn't give a fvck, like literally, the will stream one piece on the sphere vegas, do you even imagine dragon ball doing the same shit? hell nah

[@Peaceful_Vegan_Warrior]

Why Yamcha stay taking L’s on and off screen. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Yamcha is back in his crater. Nature is healing.

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Stop

[@raymondmoreno7961]

OMG died 🤣

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

He does nothing but win 🥇

[@julianstone1192]

Sabo too lol, how many times has he nearly died

[@MeatZer0]

bro i did not expect this. it kept getting worse 💀

[@dailybestbetswithteemoney3432]

Lmao

[@ultrainstinctbroly4333]

Damn. Poor yamcha, can't catch a break irl and in the shows

[@justinmurray307]

Of course it had to be Yamcha

[@dodge1515]

lol, who cares honestly.

[@davigabriel783]

@@dodge1515 I care.

[@lightyearpig12]

Toru Furuya has been Yamcha’d.

[@mrjoker7636]

@@dodge1515 not sure about ur ah but i do care

[@gregkareem9824]

​@@dodge1515cope

[@tunuitahitianfire9875]

This is all very depressing 😢

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

It is. Voice actors and voices in the fandom going rogue, and some masochists out there are just downplaying the situation because of them going full smoothbrain "where was this ghoul when I was a kid!?" when scenarios like this could get you disowned by your family or worse, killed.

[@JediFarce]

Other than he beat her and made her get an abortion. Fun times

[@firestriker3580]

Stop

[@user-qg2gy5lg4g]

Dude, that is so sad. I hope that he's genuinely sorry. In regards to Super, with Toriyama's passing, and not recasting characters(which I agree with), then Dragon Ball probably just needs to come to a close. It makes me sad, with it being my all time favorite comic, story, or any form of media really. But let's be honest, both the anime and the manga have been been lackluster for such a long time. But what's going to happen when Nozawa Masako dies? To my knowledge there has never been another Japanese VA for Goku and what will they do then? Let Daima be the love letter to Dragon Ball, and let's call it quits.

[@Degdreams]

I'm more appalled by the fact that he made her have an abortion. Not because of any political thing nor religious, but because that is FAR more mentally and physically taxing on the woman than being hit, and we don't even know if she had children or not already. If not and if she wanted them, that's rough.

[@threeoclocks1040]

Ah man, I was looking forward to seeing the Z Warriors assemble, in the Moro Arc, in anime form. We will just have to see how everything turns out.

[@Mr.IDK07]

*Moro

[@threeoclocks1040]

@@Mr.IDK07 Ah man stupid autocorrect

[@Diogo85]

Not happening.

[@criticartist3911]

Nah, the power gap between goku,Gohan,vegeta, and piccolo compared to the rest of the z fighters gap is immense, which is a understatement

[@kda9x]

@@criticartist3911 what does that have to do with anything??

[@jessiejoy1703]

Oh man. Toriyama dying. Goku’s voice actor being scary close. Now this. I’m honestly worried about the future of the anime especially.

[@papiderpy]

wait goku's voice actor isnt doing well?

[@BowserEditz]

He was also Mario in the Super Mario bros 1986 movie

[@SkulLenity]

Well wait King Kai is in the anime after there's an episode right before the TOP where golu tries to bring King Kai back to life and was centered around him

[@sihanchen7552]

Yamcha is gonna get axed from Dragon Ball continuity because his voice actor has personal issues? Come on !!! Why would it be so extreme? The original Bulma voice actress Hiromi Tsuru died suddenly and they got someone else to take over, didn't they? So no problem, they can just get another actor to take over as Yamcha then !! Why worry? No one is irreplaceable !!!

[@romdan7136]

Scream that at the Marvel Cinematic Universe then, please.

[@TheLuthorri]

​@@romdan7136 and to Disney

[@theanimerapper6351]

​@@romdan7136marvel is live action, totally different. You can't just recast characters because people will always compare the new actor to the old one

[@brianlittrell797]

​@@theanimerapper6351What anime is your picture profile from?

[@theanimerapper6351]

@@brianlittrell797 ruroni Kenshin

[@negano5654]

Holy Shit, this is insane. I was not expecting to hear this, this morning or hearing ever. As a Yamcha fan, i feel sad for the actor and how he might have ruined any future apperances of Yamcha.

[@TheBigBlueBugofJustice]

You're super misguided about the thing with Kaiō-sama and Yanami Jōji. Yeah, sure, Kaiō didn't appear much after Yanami's retirement and death shortly thereafter, but his replacement, Tatsuta Naoki (who had been with the franchise since the beginning, having been the voice of Oolong since 1986) took over of Yanami's role of the narrator as well, a role in which he obviously performed for literally EVERY SINGLE EPISODE thereafter. And even then... let's look at some other prominent replacements in the past. After Miyauchi Kōhei's death in 1995, Hiroshi Masuoka took over the role of Kame-sennin/Muten Rōshi in the last bit of Z, the 13th Z movie, and GT (though strangely not in the 10th Anniversary film in 1996). But starting with Kai, Satō Masaharu (who had previously done some minor characters such as King Vegeta, King Cold, Staff Officer Black, Dre, etc) has performed the role and still does so to this day. Or how about Gōri Daisuke, who played, among many others, Mr. Satan, Gyūmaō, Umigame, and Enma-Daiō. All those roles were recast after his suicide in 2010, and in the case of Mr. Satan, he has actually been recasted TWICE. Ebara Masashi (who many fans likely know from Naruto where he famously voiced Might Guy, a similar loudmouth showboat to Mr. Satan) took over the role starting with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot in 2020 after Ishizuka Unshō, who replaced Gōri, died in 2018. Or Suzuoki Hirotaka, the original voice of Tenshinhan, who died in 2006 and had the role taken over starting with Kai by Midorikawa Hikaru, who himself had been with the franchise since 1992 as the voice of No. 16. Like, it's been proven time and time and time again that Tōei will just recast these characters (personally, I have long felt very strongly that none of that should have ever been an issue and that Tōei and Shūeisha should instead have just let Dragon Ball stay over and done with after GT's AMAZING, nigh-perfect ending in 1997, ESPECIALLY considering that Kai and Super have just been absolutely irredeemable trashfires of below average quality at BEST) if anything happens to their voice actors. And if Furuya Tōru does get sacked for this, odds are very good that Yamcha will just be replaced with a different seiyū, NO different than has happened to literally DOZENS of Dragon Ball characters over the past nearly forty years.

[@ShinOrochi]

Actually, Roshi in Z movie 13 is voiced by Masaharu Sato, his current VA since Kai onward lol. Other than that, you're right that they most likely will just simply recast Yamcha for the future media.

[@AZAZ079]

Japan generally gives 0 F***s about age gaps, but he is cooked on the other stuff

[@CarlosHuiskens]

Why would this result in Yamcha being absent in Dragonball anime moving forward? They could easily replace his VA. The character has had such minor impact in recent stories that very few people would notice.

[@tomhossain2099]

It’s a cultural thing, apparently.

[@Davidpostingshid]

Basically cancel culture

[@firestriker3580]

The character has a huge impact in recent stories that people would notice

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

They already replaced Tien and Bulma because the VAs died. And the latter was an actual that kept getting a spotlight character. Yamcha is just going to get replaced

[@rndomm0nkey847]

i get they like to do things in respect like king kais voice actor and even in the west some of the spongebob characters of all things but its moronic to have staple characters never show up when a voice can easily be replaced by another voice actor.

[@user-qg2gy5lg4g]

Rick and Morty season six agrees.

[@DragonSkyNija]

There is probably three ways this can go. 1. His apologies get accepted and can continue his career as a voice actor. 2. He get fire, and they replace him with a new voice actor, or AI voice if Japan would ever choose to use AI technology more and more. 3. Some characters he did the voices for get removed from some of the animated series, the other probably gets a new voice actor.

[@DigiPen92]

I do think he's most likely going to be fired and they're going to recasted his roles with someone else.

[@WikiThis]

Are you even allowed to use AI versions of someone’s voice in commercial products without their consent?

[@Disturbed2595]

So basically Yamaha might get yamchaed

[@awanfarrell2880]

Nope never

[@realAndresilver]

Who tf is yamaha? And in any case Yamcha has nothing to do with this rn

[@jabari7158]

Sucks we will most likely lose an iconic anime voice actor but you can’t be abusing people, don’t really know what else to say

[@PossessedbyPhoenix]

It's weird that a bunch of articles on this (the ones posted to the dbz and gundam reddits at least) just mention affair or age gap in the headlines rather than the physical abuse and forced abortion

[@commonbridge4735]

If I had to guess it's because the adult/elder age gap is probably a rarer occurrence than the physical abuse. There are countless stories of abuse out there but a relationship with a 70 year old isn't as common to hear about and thus it's more shocking and effective to put in the headline.

[@bobbynolastname3119]

thanks for covering this, i had no idea it was going on.

[@GothamKnight84661]

Dammit, Amuro!

[@zettovii1367]

To think he'd pass on the Bright slap irl...

[@Exile976]

Similar to the King Kai situation is Kingdom Hearts 3. In the Hercules portion of the game, Phil was in the background but didn't have any voice lines. I later found out the Japanese voice actor for Phil, Ichirô Nagai, had passed away and out of respect they never replaced him. They just cut out any voice lines for that character.

[@lonecom685]

It would be horrible if Yamcha disappeared he hasn't done much in Super, but he's a great character and an important one from the get go. It was cool to have him around being Yamcha, even thought it's been years since he was used properly in the story. People will have to learn how to differentiate between the character and his VA... Maybe they'll find a new VA for him. It's a shame though, because the original voice is so iconic. Unfortunately the guy really did some horrible things...

[@mrkebab9051]

Perfect timing to release this I'm in lunch at school rn😂

[@Stonefallow]

What does "caused her to have an abortion" mean? Did he tell her he wanted one and she agreed to it, or did he force her down and bring out the coat hanger? The Domestic Violence thing is bad, but honestly I think we have a bad habit of ruining people's lives over things like this when it's just not necessary. People have toxic relationships and do toxic things all the time. Some partners hit, some manipulate, some guilt trip, some spend all your money, and some do your best friend. It seems like he regrets what he did, and I haven't seen evidence that he has engaged in more patterns of abuse. Most people who do that won't issue such a straightforward apology or take responsibility for their actions. Why do we now live in a hyper-unforgiving world where we go through someone's life with a fine toothed comb and end their career over it?

[@EdgardoJCruz-dk5kv]

The last thing Yamcha ever did storywise was help in the Moro Arc, against the Galactic Prisoners invading Earth. In the DBS Manga. Of which will sadly would not be voiced by him now, if they ever animate it. The last animated Yamcha voicework role he did was for the Super Dragon Ball Heroes Promo anime. Its terrible what Tooru did, but I have to respect he was at least honorable enough to admit he did it and apologize to her and his fans. Unlike some recent examples with other celebrities. Still does not excuse his behavior though. Man this is some terrible irony that Yamcha's voice actor to have been involved in such a scandal. Given Yamcha himself was accused of being a womanizer and unfaithful to Bulma in Dragonball. Despite evidence to the contrary. Now this happens, and its way worse than Yamcha was ever accused of. Yamcha, no matter the medium, just can't catch a break, huh?

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

to be fair they can always just recast. i know they did not do that for kaio sama, but they did do it for bulma who was also one of the 3 VA's who were there since day one of the series.

[@Echo-nn8dt]

He worked on Daima

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

@@Echo-nn8dt so

[@electricsoup7481]

UNINTENTIONALLY hit her? So she just ran into your fist? Garbage apology with zero accountability.

[@thewalrus45]

Wasn't King Kai actually recast in JP already? He didn't do much past BoG in Super but I remember there being a filler episode with lots of him between the Zamasu Saga and the TOP where he was pretty prominent and he definitely sounded different.

[@Geekdom101]

he has not been recast

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

@@Geekdom101 He has been recasted, he is now played by Naoki Tatsuta .

[@BLAKPIXEL98]

Ain't nothing wrong with 70 and 37 age gap imo. Grown is grown. But this story is sad as hell.

[@Sugar_SpiceDB7ZS]

Thanks for the news Danny. This is just a horrible story, I feel terrible for the woman involved, hopefully she mentally and psychologically recovers from what happened to her. As for Yamcha's Japanese VA situation I think if he's let go they'll recast him, remember they did what you said for the VA of Kaio Sama aka King Kai out of respect for him because he was sick. Yamcha's VA would be getting fired in this scenario for what he's admitting to doing.

[@fateslegacy]

At least he gave a heartfelt apology and was honest about it that takes real balls, I just hope he did the same sorta thing for the women too, I hope they don't write him off that's just stupid Imo a character is a character at end of the day not the VA of course VA plays a huge part in how the characters portrayed on screen but yeah, It's pretty sad to hear this. I hope he does the right thing and things can get sorted out between them eventually. 🙏

[@MaximilianoAedo]

This makes it really hard for me to rewatch the original Mobile Suit Gundam series, especially with the famous scene of Amuro killing Lalah near the end. It really devastates me that Toru Furuya, an iconic voice actor who did the voice of many beloved anime characters, did something so horrible to someone who loved him and his characters since probably her childhood. I don't see him ever recovering from this.

[@AndersonTenecela]

Most likely Yamcha is gonna be written out or replaced with a new voice actor considering how recasting characters is a rare thing in Japanese media

[@KaoticReach1999]

He had an affair...if it was anywhere besides Japan this news would only be relevant for several hours... But since it is Japan and he was a big VA, who knows what will happen The irony though of him cheating like he did mid-Z The age gap is atleast with someone near 40, not like..12... But all the other factors, its like...."ok i did this....then this....then THIS" it's like man this is depressing

[@anifsky1065]

Nah man why is the voice actor of Sabo acting like a Celestial Dragon 💀⁉️he was supposed to OPPOSE them not become one

[@brunoseverino2082]

I think they will probably recast him. He was awlready recast in Saint Seiya a few years back. Yamcha is a way more popular charachter than Kaio-Sama (he has the most memes in the Dragon Ball fandom).

[@SoulQOriginal]

Damn, this wild. It's good he's taking full accountability for his actions and is working to do better and atone. As far as killing off the character, who knows. They may have or not permanently cut Kaio sama due to the VA passing away. However, the VA food Bulma passed away, and they can't kill off her character, cuz she's too pivotal to the show. So they'll have to recast Bulma.

[@staneroque517]

It may only be one episode and a joke one at that, but Kaio did appear in Super past the Battle of Gods. After Zamasu was defeated, that episode with the wishes being made. Kiao wanted to be revived and he didn't end up getting it. Again, just one episode, but he DID appear again.

[@DaroSensei]

Guess the phantom thieves changed his heart

[@IsiahAllison]

He's Amuro Ray from Gundam since 0079, in 1979. Like the original Amuro Ray. If Amuro Ray were real, he would be disappointed in Toru Furuya. I bet Shuichi Ikeda, the Japanese seiyu of Char Aznable, Amuro Ray's archrival, and Shanks from One Piece, would be disappointed in him.

[@Vintagesonic1]

He seems to be very apologetic about his actions. Whether he is being sincere or not, isn't my place to say.

[@Vulpas]

Sincerity is irrelevant, striking his girlfriend and making her destroy her baby is next level evil tbh

[@Michancheta]

Nah, hitting her and making her ab0rt thr baby is bad

[@SetoShadowVT]

I don't usually talk about the abortion stuff as well, but Toru forcing her to get an abortion pissed me off to new levels. With that admission, you knew the dude was trying to hide that relationship, regardless forcing an abortion like that is flat out wrong. Period.

[@micah459]

Damn, the voice actor was doing what Yamcha was actually accused of? With all that said, I hope the VA gets fired because he's a nasty person.

[@BigDaddyPappichampagne]

I thought King Kai popped up again somewhere around the Goku black Arc because he asked Goku to revive him in Pullman needed to get something from the planet for her time machine

[@mistyrosenooneknows2668]

I agree with the recast especially since Diama is coming, in America they had the Broly scandal with the VA and a new VA for Broly came and it didn't take away from the anime. Also in regards to King Kai that's more in honor of him because he was respected, with Yamcha VA he isn't respected now because of this. Also Bulma was recasted because of her death of her VA in Japan. So they could do a recast easier for Yamcha since what he did was dishonorable, than say King Kai.

[@legacytag]

Is it bad that I found out about this cause he voices a Fire Emblem Heroes OC?

[@nostalgianetwork1225]

Toriyama would be so upset

[@Greatsharkbite]

Toriyama has nothing to do with his behavior

[@dablackartist]

I remember they completely cut out Tien in the DB special after his voice actor died. They eventually recasted him though

[@ActionAbe1]

its gonna be weird with sabo in one piece. he is a very important and big side character who will play some very important roles in the future of the story. they either keep him or hire someone new because he is wa too big and popular to be cut of the anime. + we already had replacement for VAs that died though never due to controversy

[@Juke11]

We pretty much already went through this type of stuff with Sabo/Broly in the dub hopefully they recast him with a good VA

[@hozonkai9967]

This really depresses me. I love Yamcha and Amuro.

[@Mafiaqad94]

Morning everyone.

[@kevindew123]

Good morning and may god bless your life 🎉

[@MonkeMan2.0]

Good morning, seems to be an interesting morning today isn’t it? 🙂

[@mctankies]

Good morning folks!

[@DragonBallLegendsShorts]

Wsg

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

"But if you go from Resurrection 'F' and up there, he's nowhere to be found." You say you love the baseball episode, but you can't remember that King Kai's spotlight episode was 2 episodes earlier, 68. He's been recasted by Naoki Tatsuta. Is a little research too much to ask for?

[@PoipoleEntertainment1987]

It’s no wonder I started disliking Yamcha even more than ever, but the voice actor’s apology means nothing to the victim if he abused her

[@ManuelPersona24]

Atsui kara, sempuuki o tsukatte kudasai! Sempuuki o motte kite kudasai!

[@mariofanboy15]

Regarding King Kai I know you said he doesn’t show up again after the Battle of Gods arc but what about that one episode that’s after the Goku Black arc but before the ToP arc where Goku finally decides to revive him with the Dragon Balls before a bunch of shenanigans happen doesn’t that one count or no? Also with Yamcha I wonder what this will mean for the Moro arc if that ever gets adapted since at one point Yamcha does fight Moro’s minions and it would suck if Yamcha got cut in a anime version of that arc because of all this.

[@rafaelzamot42]

It always just sucks when idols you have growing up, end up being terrible people or people who have done terrible things. Sadly he has to face some type of consequences. As for Yamcha, just recast him and done. No need to write him out of the story.

[@busymike]

This isn’t a big deal. The dude is 70 years old. They would have had to recast him eventually anyway. Edit: A lot of idiotic know it alls in the replies contradicting me because my confident and straight forward comment made them feel insecure and defensive. It’s a fact that people die in their 70s. No shit he could play the character older than that, but there’s a chance he doesn’t have much longer anyway, so he would eventually have to be recasted. Get it slow ones? I never said he was too old to play the part. Use your brains and stop being so triggered and dumb.

[@SwishMajor]

the fuck you mean, he abused a woman - that is the uncool part

[@JACQUEZ23]

It's definitely a big deal

[@czar17_28]

He voiced multiple people including one of the bigger characters in One Piece too. Nozawa is also 87 and still doing acting so it’s not like he was just going to die.

[@lightyearpig12]

Almost the entire cast is made up of people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s, and they’ve been doing this for decades.

[@jasonsignor3888]

Dude chill out you had like 3 replies not everyone has to agree with you

[@buekihiamm]

At least he came out admitting that he was having an affair with a fangirl. Most celebs in the US and UK don't come out with their scandals. As for her being 37 and him being 70, (not in Japanese culture), but in Korean culture 37 is an age where women at that age are called "spoilt rice". Anywho, what he did like abusing her physically and mentally is not okay. Whatever he says it doesn't justify what he did. I hope they do fire him. He doesn't deserve a second chance. Yamucha isn't a main character really and his VA getting replaced isn't a big deal. He won't be missed, to be honest.

[@jonboy_1000]

The one thing I'm concerned about is if sabo's voice actor being fired potentially changes the future scenes in one piece. The one I always wanted to see was Sabo and Cobra in the room with Imu and the Gorosei. Mainly because we get to hear Imus's voice for the 1st time and that we see imu use an actual attack. Not just that but in one piece most characters have a really badass theme for popular antagonists and protagonists when they have a time to shine when they are introduced. I also think its fun to be in the hype of when a cannon event-like scene pops up where the animators go all in with the animation and pacing and also music in the background that isn't a part of the ones that appear regularly in the show.

[@Spoty456]

I think Yamaha will get recasted bc u said that they never brought King Kai out of respect because we will have to wait and see

[@oscar22yt]

In the Moro arc Yamcha was apart of the team defending earth. I'm pretty sure he has quite a few bits of dialogue.

[@axsprime]

The Dragon Ball blow is rough but I wonder how the Gundam franchise is gonna react since Furuya voices one of the poster boys of the original timeline.

[@12397bmw]

I expect that if they do let him go they probably won’t write yamcha out of the story as they usually do that as a form of respect such as if someone dies or is forced to retire, in this case they have no reason to respect him as what he did is despicable. I assume they probably have an understudy just in case he was to get sick, the only reason I see yamcha being written out of the story is if the late Toriyama did so.

[@erickbeltran7338]

Weirdly in character for Yamcha Edit: just saw the hitting part, no longer in character, Jesus Christ

[@Wetheuntitled]

Happy he is at the absolute least coming out to tell what happened. We don’t know if that’s the only things that happened and how much of it is even true. But if what he said is the entire truth I am happy he spoke out and I hope that the Woman is doing ok and that it didn’t cause any harm what he has done. Always speak up when issues like this happen in relationships

[@IgnatiusBlaze4]

Yamcha would've been a bigger blow... if he was relevant, sorry Yamcha fans, hey I was one too, classic DB he was one of my favorite characters, Goku, him, Roshi 3rd. It's less of a problem to have Yamcha replaced I feel unless it's for a video game that is going to include all characters new and old.... Sabo is a SUPER big hit though, and while I'm not a Sailor Moon or Saint Seya fan, that is 100% a massive blow I imagine, because he's the love interest and integral right? Saint Seya being ya know THE PROTAGONIST too. Oh crap, yeah sorry, forgot Daima on the horizon, that is a problem, could've been a major come back for Yamcha. Oh wait hold on... I mean if she's of age, ehhhh yeaaaah I can't speak 100% for the culture if that's ok or not... not illegal... nasty as heck... but not illegal so ehhh... gross but... I don't know lmao, cradle robbing gross but, I mean... consenting adults, not as big of a deal as initially thought. EDIT 3, OH MY GOD THIS IS SUCH A MIXED BAG LMAO, not at the being hit, that is a very bad thing, just funny how this is a roller coaster of, oh no, ehh it's fine, then oh no, then ehhh... meh gross but legal, then downhill again. This whole situation is weird.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For keeping US up to date geekdom

[@Gokuvegeta47]

So the visit to king kai after the 6 vs. 7 tournament while Goku has ki problems is the last time we will see him? I mean it's a wholesome moment between Goku and north kai but I just wish he would of been there for top or broly

[@nobodyhere8257]

I really hope Yamcha isn't written out and is recast instead

[@fidelgarcia2224]

But wasn't King Kai in that one funny episode where everyone tries to get a wish from Shenron and Goku tries bringing him back to life? Also when Bulmas voice actress passed they just recasted her so they could do the same with him too.

[@edg810]

7:43 I swear he was in more. Wasn't Goku always forgetting to wish him back to life a running joke in Super? And the whole Cell blowing up in his planet was used as a joke again in the 17 recruitment episode when the poacher is threatening to blow himself up and Goku takes him and 17 to King Kais planet. Now if the same guy voiced him or not I have no clue, but the character was around.

[@PartenJoe]

Why do you purposely make you video's audio so low? It makes it impossible to watch without headphones.

[@purplegreninja7284]

As despicable as all this is, at least he actually came out and admitted that he’d been doing that stuff. So many people keep that stuff a secret and no one will ever know.

[@I-absolveyouofyoursins]

My goat yamcha got violented again in real life. God damn

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

Yamcha has been done so dirty in super unless it was the baseball episode, Shame his actor was messing around but relationship wise I don’t think it matters. But the physical attacks are wild and forced abortion is also wild, my question is why is this all just coming out now and how long was it hidden.

[@hozonkai9967]

This breaks my heart. Just goes to show that the voices behind our favorite characters aren't who we thought they were.

[@michaelp9413]

Hey dont forget, King kai was also shown in that filler where goku was trying to revive him in super, if im not mistaking that was right after the goku black arc i think

[@hedgyrblx1280]

Ngl you kinda sound like yamcha

[@peperruti]

Seiya es mi personaje favorito de todos los tiempos en anime! Opino lo mismo que tu, pidio disculpas pero no excusa su proceder. Son declaraciones bastante fuertes 😞.

[@angelagustin513]

What about the episode where goku tried to bring king Kai back to life with the dragon balls?That was before the TOP wasn’t it? They still showed king Kai after battle of gods.

[@andrewcamacho3364]

I can recall King Kai showing up a couple episodes after the Future Trunks arc, when everyone is trying to make a wish on the Dragon Balls, otherwise, yeah ,I can't think of any other episodes where King Kai shows up.

[@JcGross93]

People got to get ready for recasts. What will you do when some of these choice actors don't want to, or can't continue to voice these characters? It's inevitable, these people are getting very old...

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

I think the last time we saw King Kai in Dragon Ball Super was in the episode where Goku failed to wish Gregory, Bubbles, & King Kai back to life, because Bulma needed a wish to get a substance for the time without Whis & Beerus finding out, Android 18 wanted to get Krillan a present, Roshi wanted women, Trunks & Goten wanted a wish but didn’t think far enough ahead to know what they wanted to wish for, Gohan needed a wish to cure Pan of an ailment, and then the Dragon timed out. The episode ended with Beerus blowing up the Time Machine and future Bulma’s diary.

[@chrisf959]

The stuff with Yamcha’s voice actor is awful. But I would hope they would recast the character instead of removing him from the series. As for King Kai, he is in a couple of filler episodes in DBS after the Universe 6 tournament and Goku Black arcs. He is the one that tells Goku his Ki is out of control because he pushed himself too hard in the fight with Hit. And later there was an episode where Goku wants to use the Dragon Balls to bring King Kai back to life, but everyone else wants to use the Dragon Balls too. Other than these episodes, he is basically written out of the show like you said unfortunately. But maybe that does mean Yamcha could still show up in filler episodes if they do remove his character from the main storylines, which they kind of are already doing anyway.