Genshin Impact Voice Actors Claim to be Owed Thousands from Dubbing Studio Formosa

Genshin Impact Voice Actors Claim to be Owed Thousands from Dubbing Studio Formosa

Time Stamp: July 14, 2023 11:51 AM

Formosa Interactive, the studio responsible for the English dub of Genshin Impact, is currently under scrutiny for not paying their voice actors in a timely manner. HoYoverse, the multi-billion-dollar franchise and developer of the immensely popular open-world action RPG Genshin Impact, is no stranger to controversies and has promptly issued a statement addressing this matter.

Brandon Winckler and Corina Boettger, two prominent English dub voice actors that have worked on Genshin Impact have come forward with claims that they’ve gone almost half a year without payment for their work, and called for the project to be unionised to better protect their rights.

Genshin Impact voice actors are not getting paid

On July 11th, Brandon Winckler, who was credited with roles such as Kazuha’s friend Tomo, Nervous An, and other additional voices, took to Twitter to address the issue of unpaid acting work. In his initial tweet, he forewarned that he has prepared a big “callout thread”, and signified his frustrations at not being paid for the “BIGGEST video game project out there” for over three months.

A screenshot of Brandon Winckler Twitter thread

Credit: Ashikai

Formosa controversy 2016

Furthermore, it is important to note that Formosa Interactive was one of the 11 companies called out during the SAG-AFTRA’s 2016-2017 videogame voice actor strike, which adds a historical context to the studio’s delayed payments to contracted employees.

Currently, we can only remain hopeful that the voice actors will be paid what they are due. It is possible that the voice actors may demand more stringent payment terms for their work moving forward. Considering that Honkai: Star Rail is dubbed by a different studio, it is possible that HoYoverse might contemplate a transition as well.

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