Wow, you're actually telling me what I did or didn't think. How arrogant. The reason why I didn't express those doubts is that I don't really care who the VA is; the voice doesn't make the character, especially when telepathy is involved.
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Your accusing me of lying about something so unimportant makes you arrogant. I've already explained that the reason I didn't express those doubts is that I didn't care about the VA. Deal with it.
Mewtwo is genderless. The telepathic voice it uses reflects the way it approaches others. To have it sound like a wise woman makes sense if they're trying to establish its role as a kindhearted protector. The original Mewtwo has a reason to act like that after the events of Mewtwo Returns; it no longer suffers from an existential crisis, and it knows that it can use its powers to do good. On the other hand, a brand new Mewtwo would be far more likely to act like Genesect.
I am not arguing that it is out of the question. I don't really trust the staff's judgment, so anything goes at this point. But the VA switch doesn't confirm your theory.
That's redundant since those episodes are still part of the actual series. Movies aren't canon with the actual storyline. Why didn't Ash remember Pokémon like Lugia or Deoxys, which he sees in the movies, in the actual episodes? Why doesn't Ash ever use his Pokédex to scan these mythical Pokémon? Because while these movies are part of the general "animation", it's really not vital to the series. You can easily watch the series without watching the movies.
He did remember Lugia and Movie 7 was referenced in the Deoxys Crisis two-part Ranger episode. The fact of the matter is the movies are most likely not referenced that much just in case there are kids who don't get the chance to see them. But there is no reason to assume that they are non-canon just because Ash doesn't alway remember Pokemon he encountered in the movies. I'm certain he must have seemingly forgotten Pokes he met in the main series, too.
In game terms, yes (and when the original film came out, no one had genders bar the Nidoran), but I'm definitely sure they more or less intended for him to be viewed as a male when they gave him an obviously male voice originally and, I assume, used a typical male pattern of speech in Japan.
That's from an old interview. If it were a conclusive proof of anything, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Here's how Dogasu translated it:
If you read the last paragraph in the context of the one before it, it is not at all clear if Mewtwo not being the same isn't just a reference to its new personality. If it were a new Mewtwo, why would we know anything about its past limitations by comparing it to the original Mewtwo? It doesn't make sense.
It used 'watashi', which is a gender-neutral pronoun. The masculine voice and its more informal language were just indicative of its personality at the time. Those things change even in real life.Tendou Soujirou said:
Actually, it can. But that's a moot point since we're dealing with telepathy.
I don't know whether or not this is the same Mewtwo, but it stands to reason that a telepathic voice has no constraints. It is entirely dependent on the character's thoughts and will.
