Dragon Ball has been part of the lives of many fans around the world since their childhood, as it was one of the most popular series and had a quite novel story that enchanted people at the time. And to date it continues to achieve the same effect, something that can be seen with the expectation of the new installments of these franchises, although like everything new, some things require some necessary changes like this time. Now the change will be in the voice of one of the most mythical characters of all, Yamcha.
Dragon Ball makes sudden change to Yamcha’s voice
A few days ago it was announced through the official website of Aoni Productions that the voice of Yamcha, who was being played so far by Toru Furuya, will be replaced by Ryota Suzuki, who will be taking this new role from the first episode of Dragon Ball Daima. This news took many fans by surprise, since Toru Furuya had been playing this character since his first appearance.
Although this was very sudden, the decision may have been taken with some time, since Toru Furuya was recently involved in a scandal with a woman from which many things were unleashed, including physical aggression, as he commented 5 months ago through Shukan Bunshun. This generated a lot of criticism to the voice actor, who even apologized and said a few words about the situation.
After this, the voice of Yamcha in Dragon Ball was forced to give up other roles such as Rei Furuya in Detective Conan and Sabo in One Piece, this as a measure to not affect these works and after some time he played this sudden change in the work of Dragon Ball. Undoubtedly this situation will also affect his fans who have been following him for years and are accustomed to hearing the original voice of the character, but to protect the same series this drastic decision was taken.
The incident in which Toru Furuya was involved will undoubtedly take its toll on him for the rest of his career, as he may not be given new roles in other works for not wanting to relate to the voice actor. So we can expect his appearance in other works to be diminished from now on until he is relegated in the industry he is part of.
Undoubtedly, this will have a huge impact on the series that fans who enjoy watching this series in the original language will probably notice immediately, so we will have to see how the public receives this new voice actor in the new broadcast of Dragon Ball Daima when it premieres. There is not much left to enjoy the new version of Dragon Ball, which despite the criticism it has received, fans are looking forward to it with great anticipation.
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