One of the "prerequisites" for voice actors or actresses for the Pokémon anime could be the possession of multiple abilities, which for some might come naturally. Those abilities might lend themselves to the process of being able to voice multiple characters, including the creatures that the series is aptly associated with. So it is that the voice talent I'm spotlighting in this "Respect for" post may be considered to have such abilities and is practically a star that burns brightly for the English dub of the Pokémon anime.
James Carter Cathcart is part of the cavalcade of new English voice talents brought in in the late 2000s for the Pokémon anime. Since then, he has voiced James (of Team Rocket, by name appropriately), Meowth, and even Gary Oak and Professor Oak, certainly among others. That's a wide breadth of characters that were all previously voiced by different talents, and that would certainly call for different abilities for each character; it's thusly a fulfillment of the "prerequisite" and works out for the many and varied characters.
In fact, he also wrote the scripts for the new dub episodes, in a way putting him as a production helm for this case in particular, since the script is such a crucial part of any production for any screen. Outside of dub production, musical abilities have also been demonstrated, with a video recording of him playing the piano (actually a keyboard, but set to the piano instrument nonetheless) with sufficient flair. Those are also manifestations of multiple abilities, with or without them being realized in the anime.
Unfortunately, as indicated by the second part of the title of this post, the star has burned brightly and is now no more, having passed away. Over the weekend, Sarah Natochenny disclosed of his passing on Instagram with a post and a story, revealing and/or affirming the intricate details as mentioned above. As such, this becomes the loss of a relatively modern voice talent linked to the Pokémon anime - at least on the English side of things - and it's a bit of a hard one to take with all his contributions being considered.
The possession of multiple abilities is always impressive for any person, and even more so for people who go on to be linked with Pokémon. In this case, being able to voice a diverse group of characters and writing the script for that purpose - as well as a bit of musicality outside of that - are great hallmarks for the voice talent that was James Carter Cathcart. Respect is then very well-deserved (and commanding, due to the scriptwriting factor) for him, whose voice has been heard for many years and will remain so for a long time.
With that, there is nothing more to say but rest in peace to a great voice talent.
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