One Piece star leaves role after admitting to abusive affair with fan CrunchyrollVoice actor T\u014dru Furuya has vacated his roles in anime franchises One Piece and Detective Conan after confirming he had a four-and-a-half-year-long affair with a fan. T\u014dru made a joint announcement with talent agency Aoni Production on June 22 that he was stepping away from voicing Sabo in One Piece and T\u014dru Amuro in Detective Conan. A statement on Mantan Web states that Aoni Production requested the actor step down from these characters, and T\u014dru agreed. According to Aoni Production, the actor\u2019s affair \u201cdirectly and significantly damaged the image of the work and the character\u201d in both instances, requiring an immediate reaction. In the statement, T\u014dru acknowledges the decision as \u201cthe only way I can make amends to everyone involved with the series, the many fans who support me, and to the works and characters.\u201d In May, the performer, who has played characters in Dragon Ball Z, Gundam, and Sailor Moon in addition to the above, admitted to having an affair with a female fan for over four years. During that time, there was the threat of physical abuse, and T\u014dru revealed he pushed the woman to have an abortion. A prominent name within the industry, T\u014dru\u2019s career has lasted almost 60 years, with his first credited appearances occurring during his teen years. He\u2019s become synonymous with certain characters, such as Yamcha in Dragon Ball Z and Amuro Ray in Gundam, voicing them across numerous installments. On June 11, it was announced that his role in Metaphor: ReFantasio would be recast. His replacements for that or the aforementioned franchises have yet to be announced, and his status on any other productions is currently unknown. You can check out our upcoming anime list for shows worth looking out for. If you or someone you know is suffering from domestic abuse, you can find a list of resources for the US here, and a list of resources for the UK here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One Piece star leaves role after admitting to abusive affair with fan CrunchyrollVoice actor T\u014dru Furuya has vacated his roles in anime franchises One Piece and Detective Conan after confirming he had a four-and-a-half-year-long affair with a fan. T\u014dru made a joint announcement with talent agency Aoni Production on June 22 that he was stepping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}