Forum:Who might be doing the localization/dub for season 6?

Forgive me if I mess this up. First time creating a discussion on a Wiki site, and the format is kinda weird to me. lol

Any idea who may be localizing/ dubbing season 6? I ask because I am interested in sending in a demo for a possible spot in the show.


 * You just forgot to sign your post with the signature button or ~ . Slow down a little though, as season 6 (aka Xros Wars) hasn't even aired in Japan yet.  Obviously there's no official localization or dubbing set up yet.  I wouldn't expect any kind of announcement until a year or so, maybe earlier, maybe later.

Disney owns the rights to Digimon ever since Saban Entertainment went under. Saban did the dubbing for the first three seasons and when Disney acquired the show during Tamers, the same team continued to work on the show under Disney as "Sensation Animation". However this group seems to have been disbanded or disappeared after Frontier. Data Squad and the four previously undubbed movies were done by Studiopolis. Some actors from the previous seasons returned for their roles, others didn't. On a side note, Saban Capital Group (parent company of defunct Saban Entertainment) did buy up the Power Rangers franchise a few weeks ago from Disney. They also stated that they had plans to buy up three other franchises, but didn't state what they were. They did say they aren't aimed at children, unlike Power Rangers, so Digimon may be out of the question. Although they probably have the money to buy Digimon back from Disney if they so desired.

So my bet is that will be handled by Studiopolis and the director/head writer will likely be Jeff Nimoy (who was responsible for Adventure, 02 and Data Squad). That's just my best guess, and anything goes. Disney can technically do whatever they want or don't want to with the franchise.

On another side note, from what I've heard, the voice acting industry is incredibly hard to get into, in North America more so. Add to the fact that the voice actors for Digimon are accomplished professionals, it might be difficult to get any kind of role without a lot of experience.

Asides from that, there's not really much to say asides from guess work until something official comes along, whenever that will be. But don't listen to me too much and try anyways. Good luck! Rad140 (Message) 18:34, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Sources:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saban#cite_note-10
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensation_Animation
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studiopolis
 * http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/05/power-rangers-morphing-back-to-haim-saban-nickelodeon.html

Hey wait...I just talked on one of your forums! But anyway, i honestly have no idea who'll dub Xross wars, but I pray it'll be Funimation. The main reasons for this are that they do AMAZING voice acting, cool music and instead of a lame redo, they actually translate the Japanese theme to English. Don't believe me? Watch any episode of Fullmetal Alchemist and compare. Wh!te$tar