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  • Cancellation:
    • Crayon Shin-chan was given a Gag Dub for Adult Swim's Anime Lineup. Only 78 episodes of the dub were produced for Adult Swim.
    • Detective Conan was dubbed as part of Adult Swim's Anime Lineup. Only around 50 episodes were aired by Adult Swim before they cancelled the series due to low ratings. Funimation dubbed 130 episodes in total before ceasing production.
    • Sgt. Frog was originally going to be dubbed and shopped to Children Networks by ADV Films before they went out of business. Funimation dubbed the first 78 episodes, but ceased production due to being unable to secure a TV broadcasting license on a major children’s network.
    • Toriko only received dubs for the first 50 episodes and was then cancelled for unknown reasons.
  • Completely Different Title: Does this for quite a few shows. For example, The Inland Sea Bride became My Bride Is a Mermaid.
  • Doing It for the Art: One of the major reasons why some LA and New York based voice actors are willing to work with Funimation, being that it's located a right-to-work state, thus cheaper prices and generally a more open environment compared to Los Angeles and New York (one of the advantages is that you can actually directly call up the company doing the casting auditions and have your name put on a list. Then, on audition day you go there and take your shot in person). Heck, they even got a Canadian guy to work on a small role in Fullmetal Alchemist and in Samurai 7, and recently One Piece Film: Strong World.