This week on All Things Nintendo, Brian is joined by Sarah Natochenny, who has voiced Ash Ketchum in the Pokémon anime for the last 17 years. With the final episode of Ash’s two-and-a-half decade run as the series’ protagonist airing in Japan today, Brian and Sarah look back at her early days voicing the character and talk about her emotions leading up to the end of this era in both her career and the Pokémon animated series.
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00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:32 – First Nintendo Game/Favorite Nintendo Game
00:04:49 – Sarah’s Career and Work on Pokémon
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