> > Anyone know which company it was that had to do the payout?
> 
> http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20031106-00000103-yom-soci
> 
> Those 360 seiyuu are of Chibi Maruko-chan.  Lead by Nozawa Masako
> and Utsumi Kenji.
> 
> The company is Onkyo Eizo System, a subsidary of Nippon Animation.
> 
> So, you need to pay the seiyuu extra if you release the TV
> series in video/DVD format.

Cool, if normal actors get a chance to demand that, then voice actors deserve
the same rights too.