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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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. There was a catch, however: according to statements made Veronica Taylor, and Eric Stuart, the voice actors were to be replaced with different sound-a-like voice actors to keep production costs low. TPCi has made no official statements on these claims. The special episode, which aired on April 29, was believed to be used as the testing ground for the new voices. Because of this, and the discontinuation of anime | 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. There was a catch, however: according to statements made Veronica Taylor, and Eric Stuart, the voice actors were to be replaced with different sound-a-like voice actors to keep production costs low. TPCi has made no official statements on these claims. The special episode, which aired on April 29, was believed to be used as the testing ground for the new voices. Because of this, and the discontinuation of showing anime on their block as they were planning to move to {{wp|The CW Television Network|The CW Network}}, [[Kids' WB!]] decided not to renew the series, and [[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. | ||
== Voice Actor Reaction == | == Voice Actor Reaction == | ||