David Kaye not voicing Sesshoumaru for Final Act dub

Filed under: Chapters — Starks at 12:21 am on Tuesday, July 20, 2010

In a move that should really surprise nobody, David Kaye announced at TFCon that he will not be reprising his role for Final Act.

Over the past few years, David has pretty much retired from anime voice acting on moved onto sports, moving to California in the process. This development is a bit disappointing considering his intention to be a part of the dub as per a statement last July at Mechacon and does not bode well for the participation of other VAs like Willow Johnson (Kikyou) and Moneca Stori (Kagome).

I don't sympathize with the now-screaming Sesshoumaru fanbase, but I will admit that David Kaye is a great VA who was vastly underused.

Source: My good friend from GameFAQs and administrator of the "Behind the Voice Actors" website, Pokejedservo

Edit: Kelly Sherridan (Sango) remains the only confirmed voice actor.

Edit 2: I'd like a more concrete confirmation, but Willow will be reprising her role as Kikyou: http://blog.willow-johnson.net/index.php?itemid=49

So, you still want a DVD encode of Black Tessaiga?

Filed under: Random — Starks at 6:25 am on Saturday, July 17, 2010

Almost 2 years to the day of its initial screening…

This video has the same CRC (checksum) as the file named [PSS][D&W][Rumic_World][Inuyasha_SP].rmvb that came out earlier this year on Chinese Bittorrent trackers and ed2k P2P network. All known streams of Black Tessaiga on Youtube and other video sites were created using this video.

Do note that this has Chinese subs. I tried my hardest to get an untouched RAW, but this'll have to do for now. You can play it with SMPlayer (recommended) or VLC.

Have fun searching for the subtle differences between this and episode 15 of Final Act. One must wonder if Sunrise finished animating most of the series in 2008 and simply shelved it for a year.

Adult Swim preparing 1:30 AM slot for Inuyasha Final Act?

Filed under: Random — Starks at 5:11 pm on Friday, July 2, 2010

AS is moving Inuyasha reruns up to 1:30 AM starting on August 28. This is noteworthy because the series has not aired earlier than 5 AM for at least 2 years. As AS cuts most of its anime from Saturday for a 2 AM repeat schedule, one would've expected a more predictable choice like Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, or FLCL for the 1:30 AM slot.

Furthermore, the current run-through of Inuyasha is ending within the next few weeks and would apparently restart from episode 1 on August 28th. This puzzles me somewhat since the 3rd new AS anime of 2010 is supposed to premiere on September 25th. Is it possible that AS could be pairing up the premiere of the Inuyasha Final Act with new Bleach episodes and Kekkaishi episodes a month earlier on August 28th? Maybe, some people are suggesting that AS may replay 164, 165, 166, and 167 at the 1:30 AM slot to better prepare everyone for a September 25th premiere.

At any rate, Viz should be spilling the beans on the dub quite soon at the upcoming anime conventions, namely Otakon.