Pokémon USA recasting controversy: Difference between revisions

[[Taj Productions]] went out of business in early 2008, and [[DuArt| DuArt Film and Video]] became Pokémon USA (now called The Pokémon Company International)'s new partner in producing the English adaptation. Because the show had grown somewhat in popularity over the past two years, production costs weren't kept as low, and DuArt brought back many of the original voice actors to play newer, smaller roles, and [[Ted Lewis]] was brought back to continue playing his roles (notably [[Giovanni (anime)|Giovanni]]) and [[Mike Pollock]] was brought back to continue playing [[Raul Contesta]] with the departure of [[Craig Blair]] from the franchise. Other actors from the original cast who have returned to voice characters in current episodes include [[Rachael Lillis]], [[Maddie Blaustein]] (briefly before her death), [[Erica Schroeder]], [[Lisa Ortiz]], [[Jason Griffith]], among others. However, DuArt has kept most of the main voice actors from the Taj dubbed episodes for consistency.