Thanks to Louie for pointing out that Japanese Simpsons nerds are in an uproar about the film's pending release in their country. Fox Japan plans to replace the current Japanese voice-acting cast with more popular television personalities in the hopes of making the film more popular, since most of Japan knows The Simpsons cast primarily as a family of lemonade drinking nudists (see above).
Fans have momentarily paused their incessant quoting to start a petition to stop the change here, because, as one nerdy fanboy said, "Shouldn't our voices change before theirs do?"
That's actually pretty big. Can you imagine the Simpsons suddenly swapping out all the voice talent we're used to? That would completely suck. The Japanese voice actors have been doing their job on that show for years, and the Simpsons are relatively popular over there for a US export. That movie will bomb big time if they switch out the voice actors.
#4: Totally agree. There would be no accepting a replacement for Homer's voice. And the shows success is directly related to the voice actors, they developed those characters.
Honestly, at some point, I AM expecting this to happen in the US too. Who knows when Fox will want to kill the show, but it will likely be after most of the others want to leave. Cartoon characters don't age and I really think a whole new group of people would (unfortunately) get to know the show with the new actors and never really care about it. Kind of like how many newer fans of the show don't care for the earlier seasons.
Reader Comments
1. b.echols - September 11, 2007 4:34 PM
I think would enjoy the simpsons more if they were naked and drinking lemonade in Japanese voices.
2. KC - September 11, 2007 5:22 PM
#1 - That goes for most things in life.
3. Jack - September 11, 2007 8:40 PM
WAHHHH!?!?!??!?
4. yudonomi - September 12, 2007 11:12 AM
That's actually pretty big. Can you imagine the Simpsons suddenly swapping out all the voice talent we're used to? That would completely suck. The Japanese voice actors have been doing their job on that show for years, and the Simpsons are relatively popular over there for a US export. That movie will bomb big time if they switch out the voice actors.
5. Christian Otte - September 12, 2007 11:35 AM
Why are Bart's and Marge's voices practically identical?
6. vanman - September 12, 2007 12:44 PM
#4: Totally agree. There would be no accepting a replacement for Homer's voice. And the shows success is directly related to the voice actors, they developed those characters.
7. Tony - September 13, 2007 12:27 PM
Honestly, at some point, I AM expecting this to happen in the US too. Who knows when Fox will want to kill the show, but it will likely be after most of the others want to leave. Cartoon characters don't age and I really think a whole new group of people would (unfortunately) get to know the show with the new actors and never really care about it. Kind of like how many newer fans of the show don't care for the earlier seasons.
8. john - November 23, 2007 5:30 PM
i've liked the simpsons since i was 7, it would be really hard to imagine it with all different voices
matt groening do not change a thing! please!!