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(Haven't seen the XY dub at all, but it's based on fan opinions seen on 4chan, not personal opinions. Will still try to be more objective about it)
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During the early years of the dub, new episodes aired a year or more after their original Japanese airing, with 4Kids' long season breaks tending to cause the dub to fall far behind the original. ''[[AG001|Get the Show on the Road!]]'' and ''[[AG002|Ruin with a View]]'', for instance, were first aired in March of 2003 to commemorate the English release of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, as they were in Japan for the Japanese release; however, in the dub prior to that that point, Ash had only just gotten his seventh [[Johto]] Badge, and he would remain in Johto until that November, when the Advanced Generation episodes would finally begin to be aired in order. When Pokémon USA took the helm, episodes initially aired with the same delay as they had been; however, the impending release of the English versions of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} forced them to compress the airing of the ninth season in order to be able to start the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} at the same time without skipping episodes. As a result, the gap between episodes was reduced from nearly a year to closer to six months. Through subsequent seasons and series, the gap has further reduced, with the current {{series|XY}} maintaining an average gap of 73 days.
During the early years of the dub, new episodes aired a year or more after their original Japanese airing, with 4Kids' long season breaks tending to cause the dub to fall far behind the original. ''[[AG001|Get the Show on the Road!]]'' and ''[[AG002|Ruin with a View]]'', for instance, were first aired in March of 2003 to commemorate the English release of {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}, as they were in Japan for the Japanese release; however, in the dub prior to that that point, Ash had only just gotten his seventh [[Johto]] Badge, and he would remain in Johto until that November, when the Advanced Generation episodes would finally begin to be aired in order. When Pokémon USA took the helm, episodes initially aired with the same delay as they had been; however, the impending release of the English versions of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} forced them to compress the airing of the ninth season in order to be able to start the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} at the same time without skipping episodes. As a result, the gap between episodes was reduced from nearly a year to closer to six months. Through subsequent seasons and series, the gap has further reduced, with the current {{series|XY}} maintaining an average gap of 73 days.


Some seasons of Pokémon USA's dub have occasionally come under criticism for giving some characters unnatural, "quirky" speech patterns and for voices coming across as inappropriate and/or forced at times. [[Tom Wayland]]'s tendencies to record very few takes and intervene minimally with voice actors' recording sessions have been cited by some as a cause of these problems.
Some seasons of Pokémon USA's dub have been criticized by fans for giving some characters unnatural, "quirky" speech patterns and for voices coming across as inappropriate and/or forced at times. [[Tom Wayland]]'s tendency to record very few takes and intervene minimally with voice actors' recording sessions has been cited by some as a cause of these problems.


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