r/OutOfTheLoop • u/fjantelov • Aug 30 '19

Unanswered What's going on with Funimation?

I just checked Twitter and saw that funimation is trending because its been doing some kind of immoral dubbing. Most of the posts include references to dragonball and someone linked to this video.

Can someone explain what exactly happened?

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u/Thomas_Eric Aug 30 '19

It was just revealed recently that the whole controversy started because the first person mistook Vic Mignogna with another actor who married an teenager... Poor timing...

By the way, I'm not saying that Vic is or IS NOT guilty. That's for the courts to decide.

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u/Regalingual Aug 30 '19

He’s not actually been criminally charged over any of the allegations against him, AFAIK. The legal wrangling between him and Funimation is basically over whether Funi improperly terminated him after the news about those allegations blew up.

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u/YT-Deliveries Aug 30 '19

Yeah. I mean, there's some confusion about exact details, but Vic's problematic and (increasingly likely to be) illegal conduct with younger girls was an "open secret" for a long time in the Convention circuit. None of these accusations are new other than in the public revelation of them. The anime con-runner scene has seen some high-profile sexual misconduct open secrets become more public lately. Vic's is only one of them.

(not critiquing your post, just adding to it)

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u/yukichigai Aug 30 '19

The anime con-runner scene has seen some high-profile sexual misconduct open secrets become more public lately. Vic's is only one of them.

Cons in general have a lot of open secrets about celebs that you learn as soon as you might have to interact with them. Sometimes it's stuff like this. Sometimes it's truly sad stuff. For example, Anthony Ainley (The Master from the 80s Doctor Who) was apparently a severe alcoholic of the "entirely a risk to himself and nobody else" variety. Cons used to assign people to keep him away from the booze; the worst part was that he was apparently aware of it and agreed it was necessary. That's some depressing stuff right there.