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This is just GXP so no biggie. Though, I do have this strange feeling 
that this "problem" will remain unsolved for OAV 3. Where the hell are 
you, Washu?!?!?!
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Alan Zabaro<mailto:azabaro@ix.netcom.com>
  To: tenchi@usagi.org<mailto:tenchi@usagi.org>
  Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:43 PM
  Subject: Tenchi GXP's US release date is today, but...


  Some fans seem to have received it early, and have been reviewing it
  (focussing on the dub) at

  
http://forums.animeondvd.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=3D&Number=3D371449&page
=3D0&view=3Dcollapsed&sb=3D5&o=3D&fpart=3D10#Post380483<http://forums.ani
meondvd.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=3D&Number=3D371449&page=3D0&view=3Dcolla
psed&sb=3D5&o=3D&fpart=3D10#Post380483>
  

  For those of use who've been hoping to get the OVA dub cast back: bad
  news. Save for Rebecca Forstadt/Reba West (Mihoshi as of Shin Tenchi
  Muyo), Funimation claims they couldn't get the original dub VAs back.
  The explanations they provide (as listed on tenchimuyogxp.com ) 
follow:

  ---------------
  --The Original Tenchi Muyo! Dub Cast--

  Throughout the past twelve months, many of you asked about the voice
  actors for the original Tenchi Muyo! Dub. The Tenchi Muyo! GXP dub was 

  produced in California by Red Shift. The producers and director tried
  very hard on this request. They personally contacted the voice actors
  for reprising their roles. Unfortunately, many of the voice actors 
were
  contacted but declined the offer for reprising their role.

  Ryo-Ohki - Debi Derryberry; Contacted but declined. She is now voicing 

  Jimmy Neutron
  Washu Hakubi - Unable to find KT Vogt
  Tenchi Masaki - Matt Miller was willing to perform the role but was 
not
  available until some time in 2004. (production began in August 03 and
  wrapped in December 03)
  Sasami Jurai - Katie Ashley or Sherry Lynn; Contacted but declined
  Kastuhito Masaki - Bob Papenbrook; Contacted but declined
  Ryoko Hakubi - Unable to find Petrea Burchard
  Ayeka Jurai - Jennifer Darling ; Contacted but declined
  Mihoshi Kuramitsu; Rebecca Forstadt has been cast
  Azusa Jurai; Unable to find John DeMita
  -----------------

  I should also mention that some viewers have already noticed and
  commented on (relatively minor) unnecessary changes to the dub script:

  
http://forums.animeondvd.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=3D&Number=3D376132&page
=3D0&view=3Dcollapsed&sb=3D5&o=3D&vc=3D1<http://forums.animeondvd.com/sho
wthreaded.php?Cat=3D&Number=3D376132&page=3D0&view=3Dcollapsed&sb=3D5&o=3D
&vc=3D1>
  

  FWIW, I'm more disappointed by the inability to gather the original 
dub
  cast than I am about changes to the dub script (which are, after all,
  nothing new for the Tenchi OVAs). I'm also a little confused about 
some
  of those reasons (Petrea Burchard's email address is pretty easily
  available, after all), though posters on the AIC boards suspect that
  there are union issues involved:

  
http://www.aicanime.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=3DGXP;action=3Ddisplay
;num=3D1078582783<http://www.aicanime.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=3DGX
P;action=3Ddisplay;num=3D1078582783>
  

  Frankly, this leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Even if the dub 

  cast issues are beyond Funimation's control, I'm considerably less
  excited about this release. I'd probably be a lot more upset, except
  that the original cast weren't that big a part of GXP, and I don't
  consider GXP that essential to my enjoyment of the Tenchi OVAs...

  Still, I hope that if Funimation ends up licensing OVA 3, they can
  convince declining VAs to return, and manage to contact some of the
  others (e.g. Petrea Burchard)

  Alan Zabaro




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