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ii kanji's Unnecessary Optimism Post #278103848
Tomorrow we'll be saying a sad goodbye to the TRio in SM. It will be very sad because Mimikyu, Hidoide and the bears have made themselves truly memorable despite the appalling lack of screen time given to them.
But at least our core four are coming back for PM! A couple of things are promising for the Rockets in the new anime series.
First, the fact that their confirmation/reveal was treated as an important news item about the new series. Also, that they have appeared in the first animated preview. I believe that this is the very first time that either of these things have happened for the TRio before a new series.
Secondly, the seiyuus have done a long-ass interview about the end of SM & their hopes for PM. This is important because the seiyuus never did interviews like this. So much so that the spate of interviews featuring them around the Musashi vs Kojiro League battle caused mini-meltdowns for those within the TRio fan community who read too much into stuff (aka. me) that they might be leaving.
There seem to be two versions of this interview (1 and 2, not to mention the quotes from these that were featured in the Twitter and translated by Dogasu and Adamant), with largely overlapping information. The key stuff that comes from this is:
Tomorrow we'll be saying a sad goodbye to the TRio in SM. It will be very sad because Mimikyu, Hidoide and the bears have made themselves truly memorable despite the appalling lack of screen time given to them.
But at least our core four are coming back for PM! A couple of things are promising for the Rockets in the new anime series.
First, the fact that their confirmation/reveal was treated as an important news item about the new series. Also, that they have appeared in the first animated preview. I believe that this is the very first time that either of these things have happened for the TRio before a new series.
Secondly, the seiyuus have done a long-ass interview about the end of SM & their hopes for PM. This is important because the seiyuus never did interviews like this. So much so that the spate of interviews featuring them around the Musashi vs Kojiro League battle caused mini-meltdowns for those within the TRio fan community who read too much into stuff (aka. me) that they might be leaving.
There seem to be two versions of this interview (1 and 2, not to mention the quotes from these that were featured in the Twitter and translated by Dogasu and Adamant), with largely overlapping information. The key stuff that comes from this is:
- They will be chasing Pikachu around the world.
- They have a new mecha which they have had to pay for themselves.
- We've been told to look out for their motto.
- The seiyuus would like to use the looser story format (i.e. not so much tied to any game's storyline) to tell different kinds of stories. In particular, to explore the TRio's backstories in more detail. Hayashibara specifically mentions Nyasu learning to speak, Musashi's nursing training, Musashi and Kojiro's time in the bike gang and the story behind the white uniforms.
- For what it's worth, they'd like to visit a bunch of old Pokemon (Matadogas, Chirean and Dokucale mentioned in particular, as well as non-Rocket mons the seiyuu voiced... and Nokocchi.)
- (In case anyone had any doubt that they might be BW level lobotomised again, they jokingly talk about that time and how they've changed back. They also say that no matter what the setting or context, the TRio always stay the same.)
- Apparently the staff sometimes say they can't rely on the Rockets too much, but the seiyuu don't see why not Miki thinks they derive more enjoyment from being there than they give the rest of us do! They want to know what we fans would like to see from them, and encourage us to continue supporting them.
- (Inuyama finishes with a line about how they are still early in the dubbing process which I don't understand. Is anyone (@Dogasu) able to shed any light?: アフレコはまだ本当に序盤ですけど、いまのところ出番が少なくて……。)