The Pokemon anime first aired here in 1998, days before the launch of the Game Boy games that started the nationwide craze. I was there for it--you have no idea just how massive it got unless you lived through it.
That means she was only 20 when the series first aired--and depending on when the dub was recorded, she may have been a teenager when she first performed her most famous roles.
(Correction: Nope, she was 29 when the show premiered.)
That means she was only 20 when the series first aired--and depending on when the dub was recorded, she may have been a teenager when she first performed her most famous roles.
A teenager voicing the lines for people presumed to be kids/teens makes a lot of sense.
I was stunned to learn how young she was.
The Pokemon anime first aired here in 1998, days before the launch of the Game Boy games that started the nationwide craze. I was there for it--you have no idea just how massive it got unless you lived through it.
That means she was only 20 when the series first aired--and depending on when the dub was recorded, she may have been a teenager when she first performed her most famous roles.
(Correction: Nope, she was 29 when the show premiered.)
They got the timing perfect with that one. Game launched in JP in 1996. Anime started in JP in 1997.
Then they knew they were sitting on a goldmine and went into US syndication twenty days before the NA game launch.
A teenager voicing the lines for people presumed to be kids/teens makes a lot of sense.
Damn you could say she grew up with all of us
so many batteries were sacrificed