Brock’s 1st English Voice Actor BEFORE Eric Stuart (Pokémon)
Jul 15, 2024 7:10:11 GMT
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Post by creepimus on Jul 15, 2024 7:10:11 GMT
It should be apparent that Eric Stuart wasn’t THE “original” (English) James (originally voiced by Ted Lewis) on Pokémon when it just begun to air, but he’d at least manage to stick around a bit as the original (English) Brock since the very beginning (as one would so think)…
Now this is where things get interesting. One day, I chose to get a bit curious which made me stumble upon this specific interview video on YouTube and well…
Lo and behold!
youtu.be/K8RBoZX08SA?t=342
(timestamp included)
Yes, this couldn’t get any more factual as one can hear from Eric Stuart himself as he explains that his auditioning for Brock was really just for being option #2 since VA #1 seemingly fell through at such an early pace (like “less than a single episode to never be publicly heard” early) from certain complications of sorts. No name was ever given to that certain VA.
Now here’s where the questioning begins…
• Who was that actual original voice actor?
—
• What did this unidentified VA sound like when voicing Brock?
—
• How far did the recording process go before they decided to change things up?
—
• Has this happened to other (especially “main”) characters?
—
• Is this the only time that Eric Stuart‘s ever elaborated on the aforementioned trivia to anyone publicly?
—
• How many people actually knew about said trivia before I finally decided to create this here thread at a time like now?
If there’s anything I can think of to solve something like this, there’s no better way than to just ask the man himself on social media sites like Twitter/X or something. I’m not sure if he’s used to answering stuff this way, but it’s worth a try. Even if we don’t have an actual voice reference, we could (easily) pinpoint likely VA candidates from the Pokémon (Season 1) English credits (beware of pseudonyms) to see if they may have any online presence to contact with. There could even be the possibility that the unidentified individual straight up left the show without ever having any public significance, but I’ll just hope that’s not the case. Well, I’d consider this plan to be way less practical than to just directly ask Eric Stuart, but it’s an option.
Now this is where things get interesting. One day, I chose to get a bit curious which made me stumble upon this specific interview video on YouTube and well…
Lo and behold!
youtu.be/K8RBoZX08SA?t=342
(timestamp included)
Yes, this couldn’t get any more factual as one can hear from Eric Stuart himself as he explains that his auditioning for Brock was really just for being option #2 since VA #1 seemingly fell through at such an early pace (like “less than a single episode to never be publicly heard” early) from certain complications of sorts. No name was ever given to that certain VA.
Now here’s where the questioning begins…
• Who was that actual original voice actor?
—
• What did this unidentified VA sound like when voicing Brock?
—
• How far did the recording process go before they decided to change things up?
—
• Has this happened to other (especially “main”) characters?
—
• Is this the only time that Eric Stuart‘s ever elaborated on the aforementioned trivia to anyone publicly?
—
• How many people actually knew about said trivia before I finally decided to create this here thread at a time like now?
If there’s anything I can think of to solve something like this, there’s no better way than to just ask the man himself on social media sites like Twitter/X or something. I’m not sure if he’s used to answering stuff this way, but it’s worth a try. Even if we don’t have an actual voice reference, we could (easily) pinpoint likely VA candidates from the Pokémon (Season 1) English credits (beware of pseudonyms) to see if they may have any online presence to contact with. There could even be the possibility that the unidentified individual straight up left the show without ever having any public significance, but I’ll just hope that’s not the case. Well, I’d consider this plan to be way less practical than to just directly ask Eric Stuart, but it’s an option.
