#One Piece voice actor being changed as a consequence of well being considerations

Kazuki Yao is a seasoned voice actor who lends his voice to a number of characters within the One Piece anime, like Jango, Bon Clay and Franky. Sadly, it appears that evidently he wasn’t in a position to report traces for the most recent episode as a consequence of well being considerations.

One of many many official One Piece accounts on Twitter/X lately confirmed this recasting since Jango will seem in Episode 1121 of the present, the place Wataru Takagi will voice him as a substitute. He’s additionally a gifted voice actor with the same raspy voice, and he’s well-known for voicing Bellamy in One Piece, Obito Uchiha in Naruto and Okuyasu Nijimura in Jojo’s Weird Journey: Diamond is Unbreakable. This wouldn’t be the primary time Takagi takes over the function of Jango, as he beforehand voiced the character within the 2001 animated brief Jango’s Dance Carnival.

Thus far, the One Piece account said that Takagi would solely change Yao in Episode 1121, and there’s nonetheless no affirmation of whether or not this alternative will probably be everlasting. It additionally didn’t say something relating to Yao’s function as Franky, who is definitely one of many foremost characters of the anime, so a recast of his voice could be a fairly large deal for this present. Nonetheless, by following the story of the manga, we all know that Franky will reappear within the anime inside a couple of extra episodes, so Toei Animation will most certainly announce in the event that they will even recast him within the close to future.

Franky has been sounding bizarre within the One Piece anime for some time

It’s fairly evident that his efficiency as Franky has been taking fairly a toll on Yao’s voice for fairly a very long time, and One Piece followers observed his gradual change in tone. Franky’s voice started sounding extra strained when the anime adaptation of the Wano Nation Arc started airing in 2019, but it surely grew to become much more noticeable in the beginning of the Egghead Arc. Yao’s well being points shouldn’t be a shock since he’s 65 years previous and has been energetic inside the business for nearly 40 years.

Followers are hoping he can relaxation his voice and want him a full restoration. In any case, he’s an necessary determine inside the franchise since he has used his signature raspy voice to painting two extraordinarily well-liked characters, Bon Clay and Franky, for fairly a very long time. Throughout Bounce Festa 2008, Eiichiro Oda revealed that he liked Yao’s efficiency as Jango and Bon Clay a lot that he needed to provide him a starring function within the anime, so he created Franky together with his voice in thoughts. Which means Yao is such a legendary voice actor that his abilities even influenced the content material of the unique One Piece manga.