Pokemon Has shared a tribute to the late voice actor James Carter Cathcart, who portrayed characters such as Gary Oak, Professor Oak, James and Meowth during the Anime driving. The tribute highlights some memorable moments with his voting work for these Pokemon characters and reflect on his overall commitment to the franchise.
James Carter Cathcart passed away on July 8, 2025 at the age of 71, after a battle with throat cancer. In addition to their roles with PokemonThe actor's voice was also presented in a number of other popular anime and game projects, including Sonic X.The Yu-gi-ohand A bit.
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Now, the official Pokemon The Twitter account has shared a tribute to the actor who brought so many childhood favorites to life. Posten says the company is sad about its loss and illustrates that in addition to lending his vote to so many characters, he was also responsible for over 700 episodes worthy scripts for Pokemon Anime. The tribute recognizes that his heritage will continue alongside Pokemoncontinues to “reach the hearts of the educators everywhere.” Many fans have since shared their shock and sadness over the loss and wanted his family and colleagues well.
Pokemon Anime Cast loss
Although the casting for the English DUB for Pokemon Anime changed over the years, Cathcart was there from the very first episode that Ash's mockery Rival, Gary Oak. Unfortunately, he is not the only loss to the original role of anime. Fans of Pokemon Mourned the loss of Rachael Lillis, who also died after a battle with cancer, as early as 2024. Lillis was also one of the original role members and served as the original voice for Ash's companion Misty and Team Rocket member Jessie. While the two actors did not perform Jessie and James during the same periods of the show, the fans were shocked by the loss of the voice actors who brought all three members to Leam Rocket. The two colleagues also worked together on other projects, with Cathcart and Lillis who both show up in the English Anime Dubs of classics as Slayersand Revolutionary girl to be out.
The loss of Cathcart is tragic and PokemonTribute to a figure that helped make his characters so memorable is only suitable. While unfortunately he is gone, fans that grew up with Pokemon Will remember his voice and the characters he also performed into the future.
Pokémon
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1997 – 2023
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TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TVH, TVQ, TSC
- Board members
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Shigeru Omachi, Koji Ogawa, Fumihiro Ueno, Hideki Hiroshima, Maki Kodaira, Makoto Ooga, Ayumi Moriyama, Keitaro Motonaga, Shigeru Ueda, Fumihiro Yoshimura, Minoru Makino, Yoshitaka, Yoshitak Sokuza, Bjarne Heuser, Naoki Murata, Kenichi Nishida, Tomoe Makino, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Takagi, Tazumi Mukaiama, Ryohei Horiuchi, Yoshihihiro Oda, Hiromichi Matano
- Author
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Junki Takegami, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hideki Sonoda, Yukiyoshi ôhashi, Yuka Miyata, TakeShi Shudo, Shouji Yonemura, Shinzo Fujita, Michihiro Tsuchiya, Deko Akao, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko, Reiko.
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Rica Matsumoto
Satoshi (voice)
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IKUE OTANI
Pikachu (voice)
