Daman Mills issue

[KentMan]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/intere ... ct/.182629
Yes this reached me while scouring the web

[JulieYBM]

It's an upsetting turn of events. I wish the victims healing and catharsis.

[miguelnuva1]

Victim was a apprantly a minor and Mills's defense was it was consensual so sexual misconduct like the victim says.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

Sounds like Vic Mignogna all over again. Crazy to think but it may not be long before we see yet another Freeza recast.

[Yuji]

I guess that's why he can do such a good job as a psychopath.

[Jord]

Let's not forget that it's an accusation.
An accusation doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

[Shaddy]

Well, I guess I retract my post from saturday saying I'd keep him if the cast were replaced.

The person accusing him is a man, so I guess this will be a test for the culture war chodes. Do they care more about defending sexual assault, or blaming it on gays?

My only hope is that Sony/Funimation/Crunchyroll/whoever takes the correct action and dumps the guy as soon as possible.

[MasenkoHA]

Let's not forget that it's an accusation.
An accusation doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

Accusations that are false usually aren’t so detailed. (Not to say vague recollections are fake either)

Also Mills confirmed a relation but referred to it as consensual. So even if the person is lying about assault there’s still the issue of Mills being 19 and engaging in sexual relations with a 15 year old.

[Yuji]

It's an accusation but if you actually read the article the evidence is very convincing.

Let's not forget that it's an accusation.
An accusation doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

Accusations that are false usually aren’t so detailed. (Not to say vague recollections are fake either)

Also Mills confirmed a relation but referred to it as consensual. So even if the person is lying about assault there’s still the issue of Mills being 19 and engaging in sexual relations with a 15 year old.

He was 19? That's significantly less serious if it was consensual.

[Jord]

Let's not forget that it's an accusation.
An accusation doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

Accusations that are false usually aren’t so detailed. (Not to say vague recollections are fake either)

Also Mills confirmed a relation but referred to it as consensual. So even if the person is lying about assault there’s still the issue of Mills being 19 and engaging in sexual relations with a 15 year old.

I'm not saying the accuser is lying either but even if detailed, they can still be false. Screenshots can be altered, stories can be made up, consciously or subconsciously. Let's first watch how this plays out before we start judging people.

[coola]

First time i ve heard about "understudy" in voice acting...And like some comments on ANN said, it's similar to other industries, like Activision Blizzard, Channel Awesome, people who get famous and get dedicated fanbase start think they are untouchable "gods" who can treat others like trash or their toy

[SuperSaiyaManZ94]

If it comes to the point where FUNi/Cruchyroll/whatever gives him the boot over this, i guess they'll have to find a new VA for Freeza since sadly Chris Ayres is no longer with us. Though i believe the majority of Mills' voice over work as Freeza has been for the video games and not so much for the anime/movie productions other than small bits here and there because the vast majority of the recent material was when Ayres was still pretty much the main VA of the character before his health took a turn for the worse.

[DB_Fan1991]

Some fans want to see Linda Young back as Freeza, but I think they’ll go with Greg Ayres.

[WittyUsername]

Considering the situation, does it seem like it might be in poor taste to speculate on who will voice Freeza moving forward? I’m genuinely asking here, because I’m not sure what to think.

[Zinnia]

Not only he didn't post anything on Twitter today (he's been posting every day until now), but he indirectly admitted to this by sending a C&D letter to the victim as stated in the article. So he did in fact.. do this stuff...
Yikes.

[TheMajinRedComet]

I don't think it is in poor taste to speculate on the casting but it would probably be better served if it was its own topic discussion on the forum.

[Adamant]

So what does this have to do with Dragonball?

[PurestEvil]

So what does this have to do with Dragonball?

He was the voice of Freeza in FighterZ and Monaka in Super
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Wow, that is pretty fucked up. At least he isn't as popular as Vic, so there won't be a horde of cocksuckers defending him.

[VegettoEX]

So what does this have to do with Dragonball?

I understand where the snarky nudge is coming from, but a cursory glance at other posts would pretty quickly reveal that he is the second-tier FUNimation English dub voice of Freeza for when the late Chris Ayres was unavailable to voice the character in the post-Kai productions, games and Super included.

It would, of course, behoove topic creators to drop actual, useful, comprehensive information if you choose to put yourself in the position of starting a conversation.

[Zinnia]

If this is actually true and Duncan's report is his life experience, then that's sad to hear.
Chris Ayres would be very disappointed if he were to witness this, man..