Hey everyone, Karen here!
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all who waited for our return and a welcome to anyone new following! I know I don't have to write this but I wanted to give those who waited an explanation of what happened over the last four years.
The four year haitus was entirely down to me. Some of you may know but most don't know I direct this dub and the Ocarina of Time manga dub. I was directing the OoT dub first then the FS dub kinda fell into my hands and since I know how important it is to you all I had to give it my best shot.
However, after a few years of constant uploading on both projects, the burnout became real. Anyone who is neurodivergent will know how hard it can be when you want to do something but just can't anymore. I don't think people realise how much goes into these projects behind the scenes. I have to be involved in every step of the way. If the colouring doesn't get done in time, I have to be the one to follow it up. If the voice lines aren't right or are late, I have to be the one to chase people for them. If something doesn't look or sound good during editing, I need to provide feedback on how to fix that. As you can imagine, it got to the point where I felt like I was nagging people, rather than asking and that's not who I like to be. When I can't do something, there's no one to tell me I'm late or not doing it the way they want because I'm that person and eventually it had to stop.
However, I'm lucky to have a great team behind me who are always willing to help and with their help we managed to get over the hurdles and get the dub back on track. I'm so grateful so many people decided to return to work on the project with me. To ensure burnout doesn't happen again we're taking things a bit slower and I'm stressing less when things don't happen on time. Slow progress is better than no progress, right? I promise we'll get to the end of this project, one way or another.
