One of Anime’s Biggest Voices Accused of Sexual Hara...
duck bastard
[kickvic] It's good to see an article go indepth on this, because I feel like it was needed. Especially with industry voices.
Pen Again
this is good to see so concisely outlined.
Pen Again
he's ruined FMA for me, sadly
Pen Again
these poor women, especially the ones who were in a position where they felt they had to continue to work professionally with him and he took it as consent
duck bastard
Yeah, it's really atrocious. It reminds me of all the guys who go "that cashier SMILED at me, that mean she LIKES me" and it's like no that's because she's at fucking work and smiling at customers is a requirement
shinotenshi22
to me the more telling moment re: smiled there for likes is the "they seemed cool with it after" aka They were being professional....
shinotenshi22
sigh It's all sad and horrifying all around. For everyone he harassed, and for us fans. (I like some of his work, not all, but some--and it's definitely tainted now...)
HOOUS POOUS
i kind of want the author of fma to go "fuck this guy"
FightingSpirit
Ugh I'm so glad he's finally facing some consequences for years of shitty behaviour
Doctor Ansem
The number of "IT'S NOT PROOF WITHOUT A JAIL CONVICTION" types have been annoyingly persistent lately
Ken
People don’t understand how business HR investigations work.
zoki.
yes this article had things I didnt know and Ive veen following
Ken
Funimation is owned by one of the biggest corporate media entities on the planet, they do not need to convict someone legally to rightfully shitcan him
Ken
And they absolutely have the resources to do a really thorough investigation. Certainly more than any jackhole attempting defense.
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
not to mention most companies in general are well within their rights to fire an employee for any reason
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
depending on local laws, etc
Ken
Seeing io9 do this is gratifying though, because the western anime industry doesn’t exactly have a lot of journalism going on. The fact ANN did what they did was shocking as it was, as deep as they’re tied to various companies.
Ken
Which goes to show just how damning this is.
Ken
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
: especially in Texas!
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
especially in Texas, yes
Ken
As it stands he was only “fired” from one show on Funimation, and another by RT. These folks work on a show by show basis so he just... won’t be getting more work from Funi in the future :,)
Ken
But both Funimation and RT are based in Texas, soooooo....
Writing Hell
Also I'm glad so many cons are rescinding their invitations to him. Made my day knowing he won't show up to the one con I go to.
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
that's another thing people often don't understand... voice actors don't usually get fired, per se. the company just stops hiring them for new projects.
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
when one is let go from an ongoing project, it's pretty unusual
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
it's incredibly satisfying seeing this all catch up to him so quickly
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
just goes to show that his behavior really was widely known and easy to dig up info about...
𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓼𝓽
(disappointing that it took this long for it to happen, though)
Alice
He's so gross
Alice
This is a good article about it though
Beep Beep
I sadly understand why it took so long for this to come out, back when I was going to cons that he attended social media was still nothing big so most stories were word of mouth or rumors and it was very easy for those to get smashed under fan support for him due to who he voiced
Beep Beep
and a lot of cons back then were more worried about selling passes then integrity so if they heard such they would shove it under a rug and since most of their staff are unpaid volunteers their complaints never got far since those volunteers are easily replaced by someone else willing to put up with him for free room and pass
son boy allowed
I wonder if his fans even care that by HIS version of all of these, he's a cheating son of a bitch.
son boy allowed
Like even if you assume he's telling the truth about things being consensual he's still claiming he attempted to have sex with a bunch of women while all of them were supposedly in committed relationships.
Alice
yeah, like I'm not going to shame people for open relationships or anything like that but by all accounts, his relationship with his fiancee was monogamous and she didn't know he was doing this shit behind her back
Alice
and it's very clear that the women he kept approaching weren't interested in him
Alice
I definitely agree with the statement that the man has absolutely no sense of appropriate boundaries at best
ᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs
He never gave a shit about about his fiancee and it was apparent for a very long time. He was dating and bringing a twenty-something year old along with him to conventions while still with his fiancee for a brief stint
ᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs
He doesn't care about women or their feelings as long as he's getting what he wants
Alice
Ugh. He's such an entitled shithead.
ᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs
(Can confirm his twenty something year old girlfriend because I met her at Colossal Con. She is/was? a Risembool Ranger)
Alice
(not surprised to hear she was one of his rangers at all)
ᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀs
(Yeah when I found that out I honestly laughed because it was just...not surprising and I wouldn't be surprised if it had happened before)
Alice
(it really wouldn't. Vic's nothing if not predictable)
✨Rikkai Trash✨
I saw this earlier today. The ending really drives home the kind of attitude he has towards it and it's disgusting, framing it as other people's responsibility to manage his behavior rather than taking ownership and not give himself permission to be an asshole