@MugiMikey said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):
@Trueblade74 There's no way to actually confirm this so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard from my friend who's a voice actor, who actually has done work for Funimation and has many other connections with voice actors in the industry, that Funimation chose to stop dubbing it due to it not being profitable enough. At least that's what I was told. Funimation decided on this in early 2019, with it being in internal limbo for about a year. They were also planning an announcement about its cancellation, apparently. I was told this was insider info and to keep their identity anonymous, but they would have no reason to lie to me.
Obviously that aforementioned dub cancellation announcement was never made and later on that year Funimation said the dub would continue. It was weird though, with production ceasing in 2018 followed by radio silence for a long while and then out of nowhere an announcement about it coming back was made, as if it actually was originally cancelled.
Personally I still believe One Piece was cancelled internally at Funimation like my friend told me, but luckily Toei was interested in a global push to bring most major markets current, especially to coincide with Wano being the new big arc. If you look at the international releases, many One Piece dubs not only started popping up all over the place at about this time, but lots of them also managed to get the very same speed up treatment even we had been hoping for. With Toei also funding the English dub from where Funimation originally left off, especially now with an emphasis on streaming and physical media being secondary, the dub was able to continue again and this time more material was dubbed faster than ever before.
I love this post. Even if the cancellation part is not true (I think it is.) it is very informed and well thought out.
