Funimation to dub Pokemon Movie 21 and returning the original Voice cast

So heres the thing Pokemon is a highly respected Anime. Its been around for 20 years and japanese dub is amazing. When it came over to the west it was dubbed by a company called 4Kids who went above and beyond for the series they had a cast that had still cares about the franchise to this day. But saddly for the 10 year anniversary Pokemon USA and UK merged together and became TPCI. They decided to let go of the 4Kids cast literally telling Eric Stuart (voice of Brock and James at the time) that "no one would care if the original cast was replaced." This statement made some of the Voice actors so upset. like to the point they cried. The current dub company when they took the dub rights from 4Kids they promised to hire "sound alike actor", to dub close to the original, and promised not to americanize the Japanese culture in the show (all in which ended up being false) they make even dumber edits by calling every fruit in the show berries. Its very clear DuArt treats the show like a cash cow instead of putting passion behind the series. DuArt has even inserted Dub music to "cut cost" in using the original music (now 4kids also used dub music but not nearly as much as duart and when they did it actually would fit the scenes.)

proof:https://youtu.be/KS-u1rVFoYU

Dub music comparison chart:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ao-X2sMfoDQfozqrk9YtErU4BVSnyUQpr1An692ZfzM/edit

Even for movie 20 the 20th anniversary movie only kept 1/55 of its original japanese tracks that even 4Kids kept in their series.

Its very clear that the old 4Kids cast still have a passion for the series. But for some reason TPCI has like black listed them from returning to their roles or even the show in general. There is proof that thousands of fans wat them to return and the original cast are more willing than anyone to work on the show. Now your probably saying (but if 4kids is willing to do it why get Funimation?)

Funimation is one of the to 3 Dub companies in the world rivaling even Viz Media they have Triple A titles like Dragon Ball, Attack on Titan, and a show that also use to be dubbed by 4Kids One Piece. Also most of the 4Kids Cast already work for Funimation and some use to in a series called Slayers. If pokemon movie 21 was dubbed by. Funimation and they brought back

Veronica Taylor as Ash
Eric Stuart as James
Rachel Lillis as Jessie
Stuart Zagnit as Professor Oak
And Tara Sands as...well none of her characters are probably gonna be in the movie but shes still part of the main crew.

Movie 20 was ment to be an anniversary for the classic fans and DuArt ignored that. There were movements and petitions and even some support from other Voice actors to tell The Pokemon Company International that we want them to come back for atleast just this 1 movie. And they wouldnt even give it to us. With Funimation they try to please fans and if they were asked to bring in the original cast by the fan's request then im pretty sure they'd be happy to do it.

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