The Pokemon franchise has made a pretty bold move with its latest film “Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!”, as it has included a brief scene near the end where Pikachu does something rather outlandish – and immediately prompting all those in the theater to express not only shock but hatred as well.
A video that was taken within the theater, spoilers are naturally present:
Naturally many have been quick to assume that this event is likely a figment of Ash’s imagination or a projection of Pikachu’s thoughts; Kate Bristol (the actress who voiced Pikachu) gave her opinion on Tumblr:
“Hi guys I am the voice actor who did Pikachu’s English stuff.
I think the literal circumstances under which Pikachu is “speaking” are up to interpretation… I saw it as something in Ash’s mind. But it’s up to anyone.
And it’s ok to think it’s super weird; I sat in the theater with the rest of the cast while everyone shouted “what the fuck” and I sat there laughing at how bizarre it all is, especially hearing my squeaky little voice come out of it (personally, I did my best to mimic Ikue Otani as she is the master. This part in Japanese is adorable.).
Welp, at the end of the day Pokémon is a good time and I sure as hell enjoyed being a Pikachu for .5 seconds”
gg
well she tried her best. however its a hell of a lot better than the crap 4kids did.
also its not like miss otani is like miss mari (VA for macross’ minmay) who is at this time the only VA, male or female that can fluently speak both japaneese & english. otherwise they would have had otani for the english adaptation hands down! especially since its the 20th anniversary movie!
Then there was Meowth….
Nobody would be complaining if they’d just got Danny DeVito to voice Pikachu. And I don’t mean for just this brief scene, I mean for the ENTIRE movie.
So… this Pikachu is now a digimon? Eh, close enough.