Save PIKACHU!

Taken from ww.serebii.net. Please do write. Save the Pokemons.

I'm sure everyone's watched Pokemon, one time or another. I still do, sometimes. It's been a srt of rite of passage. Every kid, watches Pokemon for a few years then grows out of it. Even though we've already outgrown Pokemon, it is important that we preserve it for the fewer generations. DO IT FOR THE KIDS!

Several Months ago, it was made aware to us that Pok�mon USA had taken the Merchandising rights for Pok�mon back from 4Kids who have been running it for the last 8 years. However, from e-mails received by Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor, two of the major voice actors who have been with the dub of the show since 1998 have said that since Pok�mon USA is dubbing the show from Season 9 onwards, the company has decided to hire new voice actors...not just new ones to continue such as other tv shows have done, but new actors to IMITATE the current voice actors and try and get the same sounding voices. Apparently, the upcoming 10th Anniversary special is going to be used as a testing ground for these new voices but the voice actors for the 9th Season have yet to be chosen, possibly using this special as a testing ground...but there is time to save it

Many of the fans of the Anim� across the community have suggested starting a Mail-In campaign in order to convince Pok�mon USA that the dub should continue to be made with the previous Voice Actors, those who have put their hearts and souls into these characters for 8 years and have become attached to the characters.

While the show will still look the same, have the same plotlines, twists and so forth, the Voice Actors are what make a show and changing the voice actors half way through the saga is just wrong, and bad for the franchise as a whole.

The way we suggest to do this is to either send an e-mail to the Pok�mon Company (feedback@pokemon.com or, preferabbly, to send a snail mail to:

Pok�mon USA, Inc. (HQ Offices)
400 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017

and

Corporate Offices
Pok�mon USA
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

We suggest that you write your own message but it really should be along the lines of this (courtesy of The_Great_Butler on our forums)

Hello,

I am a longtime fan of the "Pok�mon" television series, and I am utterly disgusted and dismayed that you have made the decision to recast the entire voice cast from top to bottom. This is disrespectful to those like me who've stuck it out with you over these past ten years, and even moreso to the hard working actors whose voices you have decided to needlessly cast away. In the places of truly talented people like Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart, we will get 'sound-alikes.'

Please reconsider this terrible decision, and avert disaster for one of the best TV shows on the air.