On top of narcissism, I think any time they say this, they think of it in the same vein as Steve Blum = Spike Spiegel because of how iconic the man is to the character. Yeah, Koichi Yamadera was Spike first, but even the Japanese creators/producers approved of Blum as Spike, and
Cowboy Bebop is
the definitive golden dub everyone wants to be like.
FUNimation attracts giant egos, and only
very few of them can be considered iconic to their roles, but that's a giant
IF and it depends
heavily on who you ask, and a lot of the dubs iconic to FUNimation actually had other dubs.
Fullmetal Alchemist is another one where people can't imagine various characters without their dub actors (Alphonse had to be the unfotunate exception, and luckily Mazey Whitehead was a good choice to replace Aaron Dismuke), and only the weebiest of weebs watched the sub and never touched the dub. Hilariously enough, Jamie and Monica were in
Brotherhood, but you could argue replacing Monica's role as May Chang with someone else could be jarring. Jamie's isn't because who the hell knows who Rebecca Catalina is? I had to look that character up.
This is why I believe Kame's tweet when he said this:
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I totally believe Jamie and Monica have a petty jealousy towards Vic in terms of his notoriety and how iconic he is as various characters in anime circles. I think outside of
Panty & Stocking, you'd have to look
really hard to even
try and find which role(s) made Jamie famous. Monica has more under her belt than Jamie, yet I don't know what made Monica "famous" outside of
Ghost Stories, I suppose. If it was Bulma that got her noticed by fans, she's only been Bulma since they dubbed
Kai back in... fuck, I think 2010? That was
nine years ago, but the original
FMA was dubbed back in 2004, I believe.
So instead of fawning and shrieking "Notice me, sempai,
kyaaa~" they've been going down the
John Tucker Must Die route.
The movie of which had this to say:
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Classy.