My Hero Academia Star Daiki Yamashita Comments on New Pokemon Role
With anime, there is usually a lot of crossover between both animators and voice actors sharing [...]
With anime, there is usually a lot of crossover between both animators and voice actors sharing creative duties on a number of franchises. Such is the case with the upcoming Pokemon anime, giving the role of Gou to the voice actor who brought the character of Izuku Midoriya to life, My Hero Academia's number one protagonist. While we don't know a lot about the character of Gou so far, who will be sharing the spotlight with the tried and true Pokemon trainer Ash Ketchum, Daiki Yamashita gave his thoughts on his upcoming role.
Twitter User Bulbagarden translated Yamashita's comments on the most popular franchise in the world, Pokemon, and how the series has managed to find its way into his life, specifically one of the most well known pocket monster in the history of both the anime series and the video games:
Daiki Yamashita, who plays Go in the new anime series, says that
— Bulbagarden (@Bulbagarden) September 30, 2019
"From the very beginning, I loved Bulbasaur, I used to imitate its cry back when I was in elementary school. (LOL)"https://t.co/WWTz2OZErq
It's no surprise that Daiki's favorite Pokemon is Bulbasaur, especially considering the similar color scheme it has to the costume of Deku from My Hero Academia. Whether this voice actor could have ever imagined that he would be joining the biggest franchise in the world in order to bring one of the new protagonists to life is certainly a question worth asking, especially if it were asked to him when he was yelling "Bulbasaur" as a kid!
Pokemon and the heroes of My Hero Academia do have somewhat similar powers, with their quirks often relying on the elements such as fire, water, air, and a slew of other elements.
It's clear that Daiki is going to have his work cut out for him this fall as both the fourth season of My Hero Academia and the new Pokemon anime will be making their debuts before the year ends.
What do you think of this hilarious comment with regards to Yamashita's history with Pokemon? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, Pokemon, and UA Academy!
My Hero Academia was created by Kohei Horikoshi and has been running in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where everyone has powers, even though he was born without them. Dreaming to become a superhero anyway, he's eventually scouted by the world's best hero All Might and enrolls in a school for professional heroes. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release since 2015. My Hero Academia is gearing up for an even bigger end of 2019 with both a fourth season of the anime and second big anime film too.