Dante Basco to voice Zuko in an online "Zutarian Finale" project

Even though this a non profit fanfiction project, I imagine there would be legal consequences to him voicing Zuko again. Years ago, there was a website that focused on pokeshipping/twerpshipping from Pokemon, and the site owners were able to get Ash's voice actress, Veronica Taylor, to create a few audio clips for them featuring Ash saying things like "I love you Misty". The clips were up for less than two days before the site owners were contacted and told to take them down.
 
You are correct. Voice actors are not allowed to voice the characters they play in the real thing for fan productions and such. The one exception I've seen to this rule is Kyle Hebert using his DBZ announcer voice, but I think that's a loophole since it's not really a character. I have a feeling Dante will be forced to back out once he realizes this, lest he feel the wrath of the Viacom Copyright Ninja Brigade. This is assuming, of course, that he actually agreed to this in the first place.

Legal issues aside...I guess I don't really understand this. Then again, when it comes to fanfics, I've always been a very "by the book" kind of guy, so maybe I'm not the right one to ask. I admit, though, I enjoy that Watertribe AU comic by Rufftoon, so maybe this'll be entertaining, too. Who knows?
 
..uh-huh. WOW. Shippers, they're so crazy...

Also, I'm not sure Dante Bosco might not have really agreed to this, they might just be saying that he is. I don't know, part of this just doesn't sit well with me.
 
My facepalm shattered the walls of reality.

But you know what? Let's not be too negative about this. As utterly insane as the Zutarian brigade can be, there's no denying that they can be a pretty talented artistic bunch when they try (literary merit notwithstanding). With sufficient dedication and chutzpah, they may pull something fairly decent out of this painfully misconceived concept.

At the very least, it can't turn out worse than the Invader Zim Fan Animated Series did. That was a flaming ball of wreckage and then some...
 
So a group of fans refuse to accept the fact that the creators of the show made the hero fall for the girl which is more logical than their alternative and they're putting al their effort and time to make the ending they wanted?

Ya know, this is one fanwork I don't mind Viacom shutting down.
 
Oh, I remember seeing it on Newgrounds. The Most Horrible Short Ever. Wasn't that good though. The humor was a bit off, Zim was out-of-character in the last half, Dib sounded weird in his brief appearance., and GIR...just wasn't the same (though his "I ate it like a monkey would!" line was pretty great). :sad: It was decent though. The fact they needed 10+ writers for just one 2-minute short is weird.
 
**SIGH** yeah, I know...it's downright Psychotic, if people can't accept the fact that the creators of Avatar wanted Aang to be with Katara from the beginning if you ask me.

Cat
 
inc fail.

Fail incoming!

When I saw the header of "Dante Basco to voice Zuko in.." I was thinking it'd be about his mom. Way to get my hopes up, only to dash them.
 
Too many chefs spoil the broth. For every decent technical worker we had, there was at least two dozen hideously sub-standard contributors who did nothing but send in script after ghastly script. This latter group, incidentally, included me. I'm actually a little impressed that Cyberen stuck with it for years after I jumped ship and pulled together enough people to make a short. But as can be evidenced by having one 90-second piece after four years of effort, it was hardly the most efficient operation. Quality control was non-existent, and I was as much to blame for that as anyone.
 
I saw the original title for this topic and I assumed it was about Zuko finding Ursa, which I could find myself being behind. Now that I realize what it is, I can roll my eyes and shake my head due to the absurd farce of it all.
 
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