Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A veteran in children's television and all kinds of anime dubbing dating back to the wild west years of the business. You might know his work on Slayers or OVAs like Gall Force and the Art of Fighting in the 90s, or maybe as one of the driving creative forces at 4Kids Entertainment in the 2000s, or maybe you know him best as the original voice of Charmander and Psyduck, and his jokes about jelly donuts/riceballs. Regardless of what you know him from, getting to chat with Michael Haigney is an absolute honour, and I'm sharing that experience with you all!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 Where He Got His Start
4:10 Meeting Mark Juris and Larry Juris at TAJ
6:35 Slayers
8:20 Original Poke-man Podcast, Norman J. Grossfeld and Pokemon
12:00 Switching from Buttons to TAJ
17:26 Syndication
18:50 Various Studios/The Struggles of Adapting
23:04 Recollections of Friends and Picking Them for Pokemon
28:00 Pokemon Christmas Bash
36:30 Doing Voices on Pokemon
39:36 Approaching Pokemon Voices
44:42 Working with Andrew Rannells
46:00 Pokemon Movie Commentaries
48:53 Other Pokemon Voices
1:07:00 Who voiced Blaine?
1:13:20 Leaving TAJ/Voice Switch/Mike Watching my "Dub History Video"
1:22:00 People Filling In/Returning to Voice Pokemon at 4Kids
1:24:29 When Pokemon Went Back to TAJ/Returning Actors
1:30:32 Voice Direction
1:34:28 Other 4Kids Work (Kirby, Sonic X)
1:38:56 F-Zero and David Wills
1:42:15 Creative Director at 4Kids/Chaotic (Why Chaotic Failed)
1:46:02 Tai Chi Chasers
1:47:00 The Rise and Fall of Toonzai
1:53:50 Knuckle Joe
1:55:25 Closing Words/Mike's Podcast
Check out Michael's "Original Poke-man" Podcast here! :
originalpokeman.buzzsprout.com
open.spotify.com/show/3qkR61uJDcJSNRg927sHyO
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/original-pok%C3%A9man/id1615998907
Michael Haigney's Twitter: twitter.com/MikeHaigney
Patreon : patreon.com/TheCartoonGamer
Facebook: facebook.com/TheCartoonGamer8000-432708396812035
Twitter: twitter.com/GamingXperience
Recorded on Saturday April 9th, 2022
A veteran in children's television and all kinds of anime dubbing dating back to the wild west years of the business. You might know his work on Slayers or OVAs like Gall Force and the Art of Fighting in the 90s, or maybe as one of the driving creative forces at 4Kids Entertainment in the 2000s, or maybe you know him best as the original voice of Charmander and Psyduck, and his jokes about jelly donuts/riceballs. Regardless of what you know him from, getting to chat with Michael Haigney is an absolute honour, and I'm sharing that experience with you all!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 Where He Got His Start
4:10 Meeting Mark Juris and Larry Juris at TAJ
6:35 Slayers
8:20 Original Poke-man Podcast, Norman J. Grossfeld and Pokemon
12:00 Switching from Buttons to TAJ
17:26 Syndication
18:50 Various Studios/The Struggles of Adapting
23:04 Recollections of Friends and Picking Them for Pokemon
28:00 Pokemon Christmas Bash
36:30 Doing Voices on Pokemon
39:36 Approaching Pokemon Voices
44:42 Working with Andrew Rannells
46:00 Pokemon Movie Commentaries
48:53 Other Pokemon Voices
1:07:00 Who voiced Blaine?
1:13:20 Leaving TAJ/Voice Switch/Mike Watching my "Dub History Video"
1:22:00 People Filling In/Returning to Voice Pokemon at 4Kids
1:24:29 When Pokemon Went Back to TAJ/Returning Actors
1:30:32 Voice Direction
1:34:28 Other 4Kids Work (Kirby, Sonic X)
1:38:56 F-Zero and David Wills
1:42:15 Creative Director at 4Kids/Chaotic (Why Chaotic Failed)
1:46:02 Tai Chi Chasers
1:47:00 The Rise and Fall of Toonzai
1:53:50 Knuckle Joe
1:55:25 Closing Words/Mike's Podcast
Check out Michael's "Original Poke-man" Podcast here! :
originalpokeman.buzzsprout.com
open.spotify.com/show/3qkR61uJDcJSNRg927sHyO
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/original-pok%C3%A9man/id1615998907
Michael Haigney's Twitter: twitter.com/MikeHaigney
Patreon : patreon.com/TheCartoonGamer
Facebook: facebook.com/TheCartoonGamer8000-432708396812035
Twitter: twitter.com/GamingXperience
Recorded on Saturday April 9th, 2022
