That's a little different though. Slayers had pretty much always been a New York voice actor thing, with voices from Central Park Media, and the series would have been pretty much set in stone for people that those are the voices for Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Zel. (Some recasts aside, ahem-hem, Daniel Cronin for Zel and Joani Baker for Amelia.) The only time there's even been some changes has been with stuff like the ADV group's dubs of the other Slayers material, the OVAs and the movies. And even, they actually got in contact with Lisa Ortiz and wanted her to come do Lina for them. However, she had some other things taking up her schedule and couldn't make it, so they recast Lina, with Cynthia Martinez for those. (Not that I'm complaining, Cynthia made a good Lina too.) And they still managed at least to get Crispin Freeman back for Zel in Premium.matt0044 wrote:FUNi had the old VAs from the Slayers dub by Central Park Media for Revolution and Evolution-R. Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart, Veronica Taylor and Crispin Freeman came back to reprise their roles and even got Dan Green as Wizer. They did in a New York studio and likely sent the audio to FUNi in Texas.
Chances are that the other actors just had things tying them up. I can imagine that Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart were really getting tied up with works like Pockemon, that it was hard to come out for the small amount of work that was the 30 minute movie, Premium. I would have appreciated hearing them again there, but Chris Patton and Luci Christian are great actors and filled the roles well too. In regards to Revolution and Evolution-R, it was in New York (so easier to record, and they just needed to send audio over), and also it's a bit more substantial than a 30 minute movie. There are costs to think of too, after all, and also pay.
Buuuuuuuuut, I'm sidetracking somewhat.
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