AgedVeteranofShow
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I was glad it came down to slightly deeper by late Johto and persisting into AG, it was a nice medium between the early super deep voice which I agree was her worst (I didn’t hate it though, 16-30 was better than 1–15 imo) and the later higher pitched one until she found the right balance. A lot of 10 year old boys have the voice she did there, and she was able to make him sound mature but also still smooth with that tone: I wish that take had lasted longer than it did, honestly.
I remember as a boy I was upset about the switch most because I felt Taylor had hit her stride as both Ash and May by the end and then, they recast everyone. The only voice I had any real issue with in the main cast back then was James (didn’t “hate” it per se either though), and they’ve made it a thousand times worse by this point IMO, somehow the goofy take there is nowhere near the worst by now so I guess there’s that at least?
That they gave Ash to an obviously scared 19 year old adolescent girl at the time fresh out of acting school without any experience in Anime dubbing at the time, was a double smack in the face to me (not a knock on Natochenny specifically as she was thrust into a terrible situation & that goes on Larry/Armen from TAJ who cast her as well as TPCi, but that they thought that was sufficient to follow up an 8 year veteran in the role they worked with prior, is appalling to me). It might’ve worked for enough people that didn’t/don’t mind it, sure, but I feel the quality suffered for it.
I remember as a boy I was upset about the switch most because I felt Taylor had hit her stride as both Ash and May by the end and then, they recast everyone. The only voice I had any real issue with in the main cast back then was James (didn’t “hate” it per se either though), and they’ve made it a thousand times worse by this point IMO, somehow the goofy take there is nowhere near the worst by now so I guess there’s that at least?
That they gave Ash to an obviously scared 19 year old adolescent girl at the time fresh out of acting school without any experience in Anime dubbing at the time, was a double smack in the face to me (not a knock on Natochenny specifically as she was thrust into a terrible situation & that goes on Larry/Armen from TAJ who cast her as well as TPCi, but that they thought that was sufficient to follow up an 8 year veteran in the role they worked with prior, is appalling to me). It might’ve worked for enough people that didn’t/don’t mind it, sure, but I feel the quality suffered for it.
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