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Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 7:50 AM

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Separate original voice actors from their dub counterparts

I'll use anime as an example as it's the easiest and would be used frequently. When trying to find an actor in the cast list both the original voice actors and the English (or other) are intermingled making it difficult to find the person you're looking for. I suggest being able to separate these 2 via tab, or a break in the cast list to give credit to who was in what version. 

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Currently dubbing credits (except for English dub of animated films) are not accepted in IMDb as is noted in the Submission Guide: Voice Credits, which states:
  • In order to be listed in the Cast section of the credits, actors performing voice work on a film need to fulfill these four eligibility rules:
    1. [...]
    2. [...]
    3. [...[
    4. Their work must be featured in either the original language version of the film or (for animated titles and videogames) on the USA English-language release

      (i.e. no dubbing credits)

Since this is currently a relatively small problem, I doubt that IMDb will do anything to correct it at this time.

However, they are looking at how to support dubbing work, and when (if) they make the changes to support it, I am sure that those credits will be completely separated from the original credits, and I am also sure that the animated dubs that are currently accepted will be moved to that section however it is implemented.