No she isn't she does a better ash then veronica taylor ever could, and plus you're describing characters that are not in the anime anymore, cilan's va is perfect, iris's va is perfect and so is ash, and jimmy's version of james was amazing because he wanted to do his own rendition, see 4 kids made james seem like a villian whose an idiot, but jimmy made james sound so cute and innocent which he really is.
Plus tcpi does everything 4 kids but better, they know there market, see 4 kids gave a rock song for every opening while tcpi actually appeals to it's demographic by using music children would relate to.
NO: Veronica Taylor did a better Ash than Sarah could ever dream of doing. Want to know why? Because Sarah's current Ash is a ripoff of Veronica Taylor's superior Ash! Veronica sounds like a 10 year old boy, which is what Ash is. Sarah sounds like a 20 year old Ash with constipation and emotional trauma/an emo guy who wants to cut himself-esque problems, and as of BW001 Ash IS still 10 years old.
Therefore, Veronica IS and always will be the superior Ash Ketchum/Satoshi. Her performance IS very similar to Rica Matsumoto. Natochenny is not.
Cilan's voice actor, Jason Griffith, is decent. But he's nothing special. Remember, he voiced Usopp in the 4Kids dub of One Piece. XD.
Mamoru Miyano AKA Light Yagami of Death Note is FAR superior.
Iris' voice actor is very shrill and sounds obnoxious in the role. Eileen Stevens doesn't sound like Aoi Yuki, for the most part.
Jimmy's voice is freaking terrible. All it is is a pathetic, pathetic imitation of Eric Stuart's. It honestly sounds like Eric Stuart's with a headcold and with Eric's holding his nose 24/7. It SUCKS.
Cute and innocent? Are YOU KIDDING? He sounds stuck up and idiotic everytime he speaks. Eric made him sound intelligent when he needed to be, but hilarious as well. Jimmy's just trying to be Eric, when he can't. He's failing miserably at the role.
They know *their* market. Fix your grammar and sentence structure, if possible.
I will agree that the target demographic is children, because the maturity in TPCi's scripts and music simply ISN'T up to par with 4Kids own dub of the series.
4Kids knew how to appeal to a wide range of individuals, whether devout Japanophiles or dubbies or adults or kids. They made many people fall in love with the series in the first place. TPCi, however, alienated a majority of the previous fans and has only added some little kids to take their place.
4Kids had the superior voice cast, BGM, emotion levels, heart, never came across as extremely fake or grating on the ears, knew when to put what where, and always tried to ultimately make episodes anyone could enjoy.
Sorry if this comes across as rude, but 4Kids clearly stomps anything TPCi has done and probably will unless another dubbing company like FUNimation or Ocean picks up the franchise and hires an ENTIRELY different MAIN cast for the main characters' voices.
Also, 4Kids had FAR superior openings. The atrocity of an opening that is Season 10 (Diamond and Pearl) is absolute garbage. TPCi doesn't even try with their intros. They all sound like new age rap or cutesy-goofy delusional crap.