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I think ADV just binded as many good VA's as they could so they're sure to have enough good actors whenever they want and probably for a good price instead of having to negociate a new contract everytime they want a VA's services. Just good business.

This is a fact that many people get wrong. ADV does not have the rights to or exclusive agreements with any VA's. It just turns out that all the VA's that work for them happen to live in Houston. They are free at any time to go work for any company. They are basically 'independednt contractors'. Which is why you've been hearing Monica Rial and Greg Ayres in some Funi dubs recently. And why Vic Mignogna is playing Edward elric in FMa which is a Funi release. If Funi pays them enough, they travel up to Houston and dub for them. That is the same reason you will see Wendee Lee (LA VA) doing stuff for Bang Zoom, New Gen, and some other studios which are all based out of LA.

So ADV didn't lock anyone up. It just ended up being that those VA's lived in Houston. Some in fact weren't even VA's. Like my favorite (Hilary Haag) left town to go do some acting or school or something somewhere, came back to her hometown of Houston and just happened to try out for some ADV anime. Same thing with Greg Ayres. He was doing Tech Support when Monica or someone else recommended him. Steven foster called him up and asked him to come in for an audition. Many of them are just Houston residents who do plays and stuff like that who happen to try out for ADV and land extra work that way.