Talking Simpsons - Homer To The Max with Nathan Rabin
Added 2019-10-16 04:00:00 +0000 UTCMax Power invades the show this week, as we welcome on the great writer and podcaster Nathan Rabin (check out his upcoming Weird Al book)! We discuss mid-season TV, replaceable voice actors, network retooling, cactuses, and the parties of liberal elites all in one joke-packed podcast! So strap yourself in and hear the Gs!
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The related discussion of replacing voice actors in this gives me a great excuse to talk about the very personal time I experienced the voice actors of the Pokemon anime getting recast. In 2005, 4Kids Entertainment has the license for Pokemon revoked back to The Pokemon Company. In 2006, we learned this also means the dubbing crew and especially the voice cast was to be replaced for season 9 onwards. In part, this was Pokemon Company cutting costs with cheaper actors to try and get the same quality for less. The new cast was tested out in the TV special Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon, and they are terrible sounding. The whole time, fans kicked off a "Save Our Voice Actors" campaign, to no avail by September when the new season premiered on Cartoon Network. Now, the later cast has been with the series longer than the beloved 4Kids actors like Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rachel Lillis, et al. To be fair to the new cast, they've come a long way since that uncomfortable transitional moment in Pokemon anime history.
Alex Irish
2019-10-25 11:32:32 +0000 UTC
