Funimation Dubbing Controversy
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Overview
Funimation Dubbing Controversy refers to leaked audio of multiple Funimation voice actors recording sequences of pornographic dialogue and slurs in Dragon Ball character voices using the production company Toei's resources and copyright property. The leaked audio coincides with former Funimation voice actor Vic Mignogna's lawsuit against former coworkers for defamation of character. The leaked audio lead to speculation as to whether or not Toei will use Funimation for Dragon Ball dubs again.
Background
On February 11th, 2019, Funimation[1] announced that, "Following an investigation, Funimation recast Vic Mignogna in Morose Mononokean Season 2. Funimation will not be engaging Mignogna in future productions" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 20,000 likes and 6,700 retweets in four months. The tweet came after numerous accusations that Mignogna had interacted inappropriately with fans and coworkers.[4][5] In April 2019, Mignogna filed a lawsuit against Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi for defamation. After Rial and Marchi filed their Anti-SLAPP motions on July 19 a hearing was set for September 6.[9]
On August 29th, Lawyer Nick Rekieta streamed on YouTube and leaked saved audio of Chris Sabat and other Dragon Ball voice actors using slurs and pornographic speech in the company studio. Nick Rekieta has been a Vic Mignogna advocate throughout his sexual assault allegations. The YouTuber video gained over 54,100 views in 10 hours.
Notable Developments
On August 30th, 2019 YouTubers began uploading the leaked audio. Tolnin's upload of Chris Sabat's audio dub in a Dragon Ball scene gained over 1,700 views in a day (shown below, left). The same day, TriPlexGames uploaded the full audio which gained over 6,400 views in a day (shown below, right). That same day, Funimations reached the #1 trending spot on Twitter. Redditors began posting threads regarding the audio leaks to r/KotakuInAction[2] and r/Kappa.[3]
That day, Twitter user @tm7_erik[7] tweeted, "#Funimation y'all really fucking up guys, y'all really making me at my limit" and attached a Goku drakepost (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 1,200 likes in a day. Actor Yuki Matsuzaki[8] also tweeted on the subject suggesting that Dragon Ball dubbing will end in English-speaking countries (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 1,500 likes in a day. GameRant [6]reported on the controversy posing the question of "how it may impact English dubs of video games, like the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot game."
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – FUNimation
[2] Reddit = r/KotakuIN
[5] AnimeNewsNetwork – Unwanted affection from Vic Mignogna
[6] Gamerant- Funimation Audio Leak
[9] DallasNews – Anime Gets its Me too Moment
![Thu Sep 16 A imdb.com Goku : [outtakes] Hey, look at those f------ass clothes! F-----, f-----, f--, f------ f--! My son's a f--. Goku : [outtakes] I've got one more request and it has something to do with our training regime. Will you guys suck me off 'till I come all over your faces?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/201/815/75e.jpeg "IMDB Goku quotes")
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