Showtaro Morikubo Recast as Elysium in Arknights

The official X (previously Twitter) account for Arknights introduced that Showtaro Morikubo shall be faraway from his function as Elysium for “numerous causes.” Hypergryph has not but said whether or not the alternative actor will re-voice all of Elysium’s earlier strains.

Previous to the official announcement, the March 14, 2025 patch notes on the Chinese language model’s Weibo account had hinted at Morikubo’s departure. One of many new fixes included the deletion of sure voice assets. On the time, the patch notes didn’t state which character this might have an effect on. Nevertheless, many replies to the Weibo publish and Twitter guessed that Hypergryph would take away Morikubo. That is due to one other latest incident concerning him and a Chinese language recreation firm.

On March 12, 2025, the official Genshin Affect X account introduced it might take away Showtaro Morikubo from his function as Ifa. Like with the Arknights publish, it didn’t state the explanation behind this determination. Nevertheless, many followers have speculated that it’s as a result of his look within the studying of Inochigake no Shougen, which can have caught the Chinese language authorities’s consideration and in flip put stress on firms like HoYoVerse and Hypergryph. Inochigake no Shougen, primarily based on the e-book of the identical title, highlights the Chinese language authorities’s persecution of the Uyghur ethnic group.

This isn’t the primary time that Chinese language recreation firms eliminated a Japanese voice actor for political causes. In July 2021, Ai Kayano was recast from her roles in Azur Lane and Arknights after she visited the Yasukuni Shrine. The shrine is controversial, because it enshrines conflict criminals from World Conflict II, and visits to it have a tendency to attract unfavourable consideration from Chinese language and Korean residents.

Arknights is available on cellular units. As of March 14, 2025, Showtaro Morikubo is not voicing Elysium in Arknights.

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