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-On March 21, 2006, it was discovered that Pokémon USA (now a part of [[The Pokémon Company International]]) and [[TAJ Productions]] were going to recast the voices for the English-language dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] from season nine onwards. The company used the special that aired on April 29, ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', as a testing ground for the new voice actors. This caused a controversy in the Pokémon fan community.
+On March 21, 2006, it was discovered that Pokémon USA (now a part of [[The Pokémon Company International]]) and [[TAJ Productions]] were going to recast the voices for the English-language dub of the [[Pokémon anime]] from season nine onwards. Only two of the original voice actors, [[James Carter Cathcart]] and [[Kayzie Rogers]], stayed with the dub. The company used the special that aired on April 29, ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', as a testing ground for the new voice actors. This caused a controversy in the Pokémon fan community.
 ==Background==
-Because of the Pokémon franchise's waning popularity in the United States, the international Pokémon distributor, [[The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]], began looking for ways to cut costs on production of the English adaptation of the series, and decided to find a new partnering company who could produce the English adaptation for less money. Once [[4Kids Entertainment]]'s contract expired in early 2006, they were outbid by [[TAJ Productions]], who had earlier assisted 4Kids in their production of the English-language version of the series. However, according to statements made by [[Veronica Taylor]] and [[Eric Stuart]], the voice actors were to be replaced with different sound-a-like voice actors to keep production costs low. According to [[Stan Hart]] it wasn't allowed to bring the voice actors over to the new dub production because the voice actors were under contract with 4Kids.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naUL66MyiBY</ref> TPCi has made no official statements on these claims. The special ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', which aired on April 29, was used as a testing ground for the new voices.
+Because of the Pokémon franchise's waning popularity in the United States, the international Pokémon distributor, [[The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]], began looking for ways to cut costs on production of the English adaptation of the series, and decided to find a new partnering company who could produce the English adaptation for less money. Once [[4Kids Entertainment]]'s contract expired in early 2006, they were outbid by [[TAJ Productions]], who had earlier assisted 4Kids in their production of the English-language version of the series. However, according to statements made by [[Veronica Taylor]] and [[Eric Stuart]], the voice actors were to be replaced with different sound-a-like voice actors to keep production costs low. According to [[Stan Hart]] it wasn't allowed to bring the voice actors over to the new dub production because the voice actors were under contract with 4Kids.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naUL66MyiBY</ref> The new voice actor of Brock, [[Bill Rogers]], said he thought that Eric Stuart had voluntarily left the show when he first heard that he was auditioning for Pokémon.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ecb9-m2v4</ref> The special ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', which aired on April 29, was used as a testing ground for the new voices.
 As a result of this, and the discontinuation of anime in their block as they were planning to move to {{wp|The CW Television Network|The CW Network}}, {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!}} decided not to renew the series, and {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}}, the sibling cable network owned by Kids' WB's owners, {{wp|Time Warner}}, started to air the series as of September 8, 2006.
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 Members from various Pokémon forums emailed the former voice actors.
 ==== [[Maddie Blaustein]] ====
-Maddie Blaustein posted under the name [http://www.serebiiforums.com/member.php?39369-NewBrock "maddiejoan"] at Serebii.Net Forums. She held a Q&A there.
+Maddie Blaustein posted under the name "maddiejoan" at [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?members/maddiejoan.4092/ Bulbagarden Forums] and [http://www.serebiiforums.com/member.php?39369-NewBrock Serebii.Net Forums]. She held a [http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?116935-Ask-Maddie-Blaustein-Q-amp-A-with-Meowth Q&A] and posted in other threads.
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 ciao!"<ref>[http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?116598-New-Dub-Voice-Discussion!&p=3160222&highlight=#post3160222 New Dub Voice Discussion!]</ref>
+=== [[Carter Cathcart]] ===
+Carter Cathcart posted anonymously under the name "Old Guard Truthseeker" on [http://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?members/old-guard-truthseeker.4343/ Bulbagarden Forums] and [http://www.serebiiforums.com/member.php?39434-old-guard-truthseeker Serebii.Net Forums]. He among other things criticized 4Kids, and praised the performance of himself as James, saying he is better than the previous 2 James  voice actors.
 == Fan reaction ==