The Brazilian voice actor Guilherme Briggs revealed this Friday (13) that he will leave the production Chainsaw Manafter suffering attacks and even death threats by fans.
“I’m going to ask to leave the dubbing of this anime. I don’t want to be in it anymore. It’s over for me”, he said on his Twitter. Shortly before, the voice actor said that he was worried about losing his Twitter and Instagram accounts after the various hacking attempts. “I am suffering hate attacks, taunts and threats because of Chainsaw Man. I apologize to you for this news, I hope this all goes away,” she wrote.
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It all started due to the unofficial dubbing of the manga that became quite popular among fans. In the unofficial translation, a scene in which the character Demônio do Futuro says “The future is pica” gained repercussions.
While the Brazilian version, published by Panini, translated the scene as “the future is awesome”, the Brazilian dubbing put “The future is show”. é pica” was maintained. Check out the scene in question below:
THE @GuilhermeBriggs it was perfect in the demon of the future in Chainsaw Man, he sent it too well.#chainsawman pic.twitter.com/kxTE8DlVVd
— Bolt Cruzeirense (@KeiTsuk1) January 10, 2023
Brigss, who voices the demon, received a barrage of criticism. On social networks, a part of the fans came out in defense of the professional — who has lent voice to great characters, including Buzz Lightyear.
Imagine a fandom being toxic to the point of taking Guilherme Briggs, one of the most adorable and talented people, to give up on a project pic.twitter.com/MUHzls8KVh
—Layne | ??: The Memory of Babel (@LaynedeOliveira) January 13, 2023
Guilherme Briggs does not deserve this hate, not old pprt pic.twitter.com/rqjFHWaFGE
— VGOLD (@VGOLD79338270) January 13, 2023
Guilherme Briggs does not deserve this hate, not old pprt pic.twitter.com/rqjFHWaFGE
— VGOLD (@VGOLD79338270) January 13, 2023
All solidarity with @GuilhermeBriggs which received terrible attacks because of the toxic anime community. He even gave up the role… I went through that once and since then I haven’t talked about anime on the channel. It’s a noisy minority. The good point is that they only exist on the internet.
—imaginago (@imaginago) January 13, 2023
I’m like this after finding out that they hurt Guilherme Briggs pic.twitter.com/HLMLWPn4WC
— Caets ?? (@caemikulis) January 13, 2023
Imagine cursing Guilherme Briggs for wanting pika………
Chainsaw Man fan is a deplorable animal pic.twitter.com/qxjh4A8BzY
— ???????? (@eai_vinic) January 12, 2023
Crunchyroll, which airs the anime, has yet to comment on Briggs’ departure.
