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NEWS: Crunchyroll Adds English Dub for Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5 Anime

I'm sure there's some sort of reason for this but… why is Mike Haimoto still here even after the allegations?

That's been a question on every place I've seen this announcement.
Chances are, he kept his head down long enough that his friends at the studio are trying to quietly slip him back in. I've always said if Vic Mignogna had shut his mouth, he'd still be working in the industry today.

Was it ever confirmed he was recast in Vinland Saga and did we ever find out who replaced him if he was?

A big difference between the allegations against Mike Haimoto and Vic Mignogna, was that the allegations towards Vic were from co-workers, it was related to his work. The allegations towards Mike Haimoto, while also from a co-worker, she was also his girlfriend, and it took place outside of work. Unless it is something illegal, like was the case with Scott Freeman, I don't think every case of allegations in someone's personal life will lead to what happened with Vic.

I think this is overlooking Funimation knew about the Vic allegations for years but still kept him on board because he was a popular con guest. People who worked at Funimation talked about how they would put "Vic locks" on the studio doors to keep Vic out so they were certainly fine with having Vic even when it was affecting the work place. They only let go of Vic after the public outcry grew so big it couldn't be ignored. In comparison, Mike Haimoto is a much more niche actor that only hardcore dub watchers would be familiar with his name and Vinland Saga was his only real major role Even then I wouldn't be surprised if more of your casual anime fan watched the LA Netflix dub more than watched the TX dub. So as it stands Crunchyroll can keep ignoring the allegations because most of your average anime watcher doesn't know who Mike is.