Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
This all the way.

I was already getting bored of the anime, but the voice actor change was the last deathblow. I honestly think them redoing the first episode with the different voice actors is just going to be in bad taste. It's just not going to feel the way it's supposed to and a lot of the older fans will definitely feel disconnected from it.
Exactly. I have rewatched some Hoenn episodes as an older person and yeah...I think they weren't as good as earlier episodes but I still have a fondness for many of them. And yep...literally one day the first episode of Battle Frontier showed and I heard their voices and was extremely surprised and then outraged. XD I turned off the TV because I refused to listen to these imposters. I was, like...12. XD And yep, I'll feel disconnected from it if I watch it. Also I watched some B/W episodes and X/Y and they were terrible. They failed to be even half as good as the episodes I watched growing up. xD

Quote Originally Posted by MC Elesa View Post
I do not really care who will be used for the voice acting when they dub this movie. I am a fan of the new actors and I have heard them so much that they are normal to me. Just the other day a track from the 2BA Master soundtrack came on and Jessie's voice sounded so weird. Meanwhile, James was...Oh man. I remember that I never liked James's voice.
Characters' voices/actors have always been a huge deal to me, even as a kid, and when they changed it around when I was, I dunno, 12? I just spat the dummy and couldn't handle it. xD The worst thing is that the new ones try to be like the old ones, which...just doesn't work. I don't like the way Jessie's new voice actor is because she's just not nearly as good as Racheal Lillis. And I always adored James' voice. XD Meowth's is understandable since his voice actor died quite a while ago now, but there are still plenty of people out there who can do a much better Moewth impression than the person they have now. I dunno. Changing actors has never sat right with me. xD

I CAN watch it in Japanese but I feel a little disconnected since I watched it for so many years in English before ever watching it in Japanese. Other animes that I start in Japanese are obviously fine, but yeah, not ones I switch over to. Same as if I started in Japanese and switched to English. xD

What did you think of the Victini movie? I absolutely hated it. xD It was so bad. But you didn't mention it in this article so I'm curious.