I’m positive I’m not the not solely with fond recollections of 4Kids Entertainment, the movie and tv manufacturing firm that produced the English-dubbed of a number of the hottest anime, most notably Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon. If that’s the case, you undoubtedly need to try 4Kids Flashback, the brand new podcast hosted by Tara Jayne Sands, a voice actress who ought to be very acquainted to 4Kids Fans, and artist/podcast Steve Yurko.
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Take a visit down anime reminiscence lane with 4Kids Flashback, an anime-centric weekly podcast hosted by voice actress Tara Jayne Sands and artist/podcaster Steve Yurko spotlighting the performing & manufacturing expertise behind a number of the hottest collection from 4Kids Productions. 4Kids Flashback is now featured within the Maji Media lineup.
4Kids Flashback focuses on the intricacies behind the productions and inner machinations of the favored, oft-controversial 4Kids Productions, together with inside seems to be on the dubbed variations of Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Sonic X, Shaman King and plenty of extra from the late Nineteen Nineties and 2000s – earlier than the corporate shut down in 2017. The firm was beloved by kids, but additionally obtained criticism from anime followers who needed to see variations that had been extra loyal to the unique Japanese reveals.
Sands, who labored on most of the 4Kids collection, and Yurko go behind the scenes of those reveals and the corporate itself in revealing interviews with actors, writers, editors, producers and musicians accountable for these collection, together with former 4Kids Productions president Norman Grossfeld, actors Veronica Taylor (Pokémon), musician John Siegler (author of the Pokémon theme music), Eric Stuart (Yu-Gi-Oh!) and Critical Role’s Sam Riegel (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Yu-Gi-Oh! producers/writers Michael Pecoriello and Matthew Drdek, and extra.
“Anime is bigger than ever today, so it felt like the right time to produce a podcast that caters to both hard core fans as well as those simply feeling nostalgic for the Saturday morning cartoons of their youth,” Sands says. “4Kids Flashback is designed to uncover the true history of 4Kids and its many series, as told by the people who were actually there.”
Sands will be heard on lots of of radio and TV commercials, audiobooks, video video games and well-liked cartoons, together with greater than 50 characters within the authentic English Pokémon collection, in addition to HunterXHunter, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon Adventure Tri, Shaman King, My Hero Academia, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and plenty of extra. Her industrial work ranges from McDonalds, American Express and Ford to Pom, Home Depot and Albertsons. In addition, she has narrated over 300 audiobooks and has been honored quite a few instances with Earphones awards and Audie nominations. Sands is not any stranger to interviewing expertise: because the on-camera host of Cartoon Network’s weekly Friday evening lineup, appropriately titled Fridays, she interviewed dozens of celebrities like George Lucas, Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Daniel Radcliffe and Charles Barkley.
A graduate from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Yurko has established himself among the many elite storyboard artists within the business, working for collection/studios as numerous and esteemed as Rick and Morty (Green Portal Productions), Duncanville (Bento Box), Harmonquest (Starburns Industries), Robot Chicken (Stoopid Buddy Stoodios) and Dinosaur Train (The Jim Henson Company (2018), amongst others.
The weekly podcasts arrive each Wednesday. 4Kids Flashback initially soft-launched on October 25, 2023 with visitor Jim Malone, voice director, engineer, producer and author for 4Kids Productions. Subsequent podcast episodes have featured Amy Birnbaum, famend for voicing Max in Pokémon, Kirby in Right Back At Ya and Téa in Yu-Gi-Oh (Nov. 1), and Shawn Conrad, singer of the One Piece rap amongst his many credit (Nov. 8).
Fans are invited to hear early and advert free at Patreon.com/4kidsflashback, and to subscribe in the present day wherever podcasts can be found. More info will be discovered at www.4KidsFlashback.com.
ABOUT MAJI MEDIA
The Japanese phrase Maji [mah-jee] is an intensifier, used for conditions the place you need to add an actual emphasis. It is very often used as a phrase to imply “really,” “seriously,” or “serious.” Maji Media has been producing podcasts about Japanese tradition and leisure since 2009, amassing tens of millions of downloads and tens of hundreds of followers. Home to 14 present podcasts, the Maji Media community has efficiently funded a Kickstarter documentary filmed in Japan and raised effectively over $40,000 for charitable causes.
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