Thomas Game Docs | Why doesn’t Ash Ketchum sound like he used to? (Pokémon) @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
If you watched Pokémon back in the 1990s, and you tune in to one of the modern episodes, you might be surprised by how Ash Ketchum sounds. It turns out he's actually had THREE different English voice actors. So, why has his voice changed so much?
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
MERCH - thomasmerchdocs.com
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
SOURCES
Rica Matsumoto
- https://manga.tokyo/interview/pokemon-the-movie-20-i-choose-youinterview-with-rica-matsumoto/2/ (1 year contract)
- inside-games.jp/article/2016/07/18/100396.html (satoshi-like)
- news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16792761 (more details about audition)
- oricon.co.jp/news/2144519/full
Veronica Taylor
- youtube.com/watch?v=xa-UGcF4IlE
- youtube.com/watch?v=GZGICIGw3b4
- youtube.com/watch?v=1iOdKSTAuoA / youtube.com/watch?v=k0m98Pnx17I
- youtube.com/watch?v=u6rZVh0Tlvo
- thegamecrater.com/veronica-taylor-its-humbling-and-honouring-to-see-pokemon-thriving
- metro.co.uk/2021/07/30/pokemon-original-ash-voice-actor-on-being-replaced-for-no-reason-15016686
- thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/voice-ash-ketchum
- dogasu.bulbagarden.net/seiyuu/seiyuu-veronica_taylor.html
- nerdymindsmagazine.com/2019/07/15/voice-actress-veronica-taylor-talks-pokemon-tmnt-more-interview (never meet your heroes quote)
Controversy
- bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_USA_recasting_controversy
- forums.serebii.net/threads/ask-maddie-blaustein-q-a-with-meowth.116935/page-2
Sarah Natochenny
- youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg
- youtube.com/watch?v=PraahsSvRZE
- youtube.com/watch?v=jw_IedZUhSk (footage)
- youtube.com/watch?v=UGF9wn_sGkM (footage)
- twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/907083759178190851 (twitter exchange)
- theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/15/pokemon-ash-ketchum-voice-sarah-natochenny
- pop-culturalist.com/exclusive-interview-pop-culturalist-chats-with-pokemons-sarah-natochenny
If you watched Pokémon back in the 1990s, and you tune in to one of the modern episodes, you might be surprised by how Ash Ketchum sounds. It turns out he's actually had THREE different English voice actors. So, why has his voice changed so much?
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
MERCH - thomasmerchdocs.com
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
SOURCES
Rica Matsumoto
- https://manga.tokyo/interview/pokemon-the-movie-20-i-choose-youinterview-with-rica-matsumoto/2/ (1 year contract)
- inside-games.jp/article/2016/07/18/100396.html (satoshi-like)
- news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16792761 (more details about audition)
- oricon.co.jp/news/2144519/full
Veronica Taylor
- youtube.com/watch?v=xa-UGcF4IlE
- youtube.com/watch?v=GZGICIGw3b4
- youtube.com/watch?v=1iOdKSTAuoA / youtube.com/watch?v=k0m98Pnx17I
- youtube.com/watch?v=u6rZVh0Tlvo
- thegamecrater.com/veronica-taylor-its-humbling-and-honouring-to-see-pokemon-thriving
- metro.co.uk/2021/07/30/pokemon-original-ash-voice-actor-on-being-replaced-for-no-reason-15016686
- thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/voice-ash-ketchum
- dogasu.bulbagarden.net/seiyuu/seiyuu-veronica_taylor.html
- nerdymindsmagazine.com/2019/07/15/voice-actress-veronica-taylor-talks-pokemon-tmnt-more-interview (never meet your heroes quote)
Controversy
- bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_USA_recasting_controversy
- forums.serebii.net/threads/ask-maddie-blaustein-q-a-with-meowth.116935/page-2
Sarah Natochenny
- youtube.com/watch?v=B35E8QleVhg
- youtube.com/watch?v=PraahsSvRZE
- youtube.com/watch?v=jw_IedZUhSk (footage)
- youtube.com/watch?v=UGF9wn_sGkM (footage)
- twitter.com/sarahnatochenny/status/907083759178190851 (twitter exchange)
- theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/15/pokemon-ash-ketchum-voice-sarah-natochenny
- pop-culturalist.com/exclusive-interview-pop-culturalist-chats-with-pokemons-sarah-natochenny
