Due to the serious underpayment the voice actors of Miraculous Ladybug are getting (despite the high popularity of the show), Joe Ochman, the English VA of Mayor Bourgeois has left the show and will be replaced in Season 5. On top of that, the reason SAMG will be no longer animating Miraculous episodes also has to due with being underfunded. SAMG is known in the fandom for animated some of the best episodes in terms of animation like Crocoduel and Strike Back. Mind you, if they can afford to make The Awakening Movie with a budget over 100 million dollars, then they can afford to give their employees a fair pay. Please check out and sign this petition made by Sydney Satalino to protest against this. Also make sure to share this on as many social media accounts as you can with the hashtag #ZagPayUp. Let's be the heroes that Miraculous Ladybug inspired us to become.
#ZAGPAYUP- Give The Miraculous Voice Actors A Raise
UPDATE: The voice actress for both Rose and Juleka (Reba Buhr) is leaving aswell for the same reasons. My heart is broken bc I love Juleka and Julerose. I refuse to watch my favorite show fall apart because of greedy corporations! I also would like to thank everyone who has shared this so far. I really appericate y'all for getting people to support this on Tumblr. To anyone who hasn't seen this post yet, please keep on sharing the news. If we unite as a group, we can work together to make a change!
UPDATE II: Unfortunately Anne Yatco, the women who voiced Sabine in part of Season 4 of Miraculous (after Philece Sampler died) will not be coming back aswell. I forgot to mention this in the last reblog but Reba Buhr also voices Gina Dupain aka Marinette's Grandma. This is truly unfair that these hardworking employees are not getting the money they deserve. The creators could learn a thing or two from their own show about how wrong greed is. Once again, make sure to sign the petition I linked above. Thank you so much for all your support.
UPDATE III: The voice actress for Sabrina and Pollen (Cassandra Morris) is no longer working on Miraculous Ladybug for the same reasons. Here is her confirmation on Instagram as she replied to Reba's video:
Truly heartbreaking to be a Miraculous fan, but I have good news aswell. According to Sydeny aka the creator of this petition, an account know as miraculous_ladybug.israel reported that Julian Zag (Jeremy's brother) had seen their Instagram story that they posted about the petition.
We are making good progress, but we must not give up! Let's stand tall and stand up for what is right.
UPDATE IV: Jeremy Zag has released an official tweet about this issue:
I'm very proud of us for being able to get this far and we should definately be happy on this progress. On the other hand though, he did NOT mention about the animators at SAMG which was another issue that was mentioned in the petition. We need to show Zag how serious we are about this and see tangible results from our complaints so PLEASE DON'T STOP POSTING ABOUT THIS!
Update V:
A Tumblr user named @standreamy posted about how much more complicated the situation is and how it's not just Zag Toons fault on this. It's very informative and I highly suggest you check it out! Anywho, I think now we need to start addressing the coproducers of Miraculous aka Disney, Gloob, and Method Animations. They are also invovled with the finances of Miraculous Ladybug, so now that we have Zag's attention, we need to get theirs too. This is more than just a one company issue and if we don't get their attention aswell, it could be detrimental! So I ask you all to please focus on calling out those companies with the hashtags #DisneyPayUp #GloobPayUp and #MethodAnimationPayUp. We can't stop now!
#ZAGPAYUP- Give The Miraculous Voice Actors A Raise
Update VI: Three out of four of the voice actors have confirmed that Jeremy is in contact with them. Please continue to share and sign the petition though, as unfortunately the animators issue has not been addressed by Zag's company. Also again, this invovles Disney, Gloob, and Method Animations as well. Please don't forget to mention those things. Thank you.
Update VII: Appartenly SAMG is going to be working on Miraculous Season 5 now.
I'm glad to see how the fandom coming together for a common cause has actually made a change. Will be adding more updates as everything goes down. Once again, thank you all for helping with this petition! I'm so grateful to have helped play a role in all this.
