BUT HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. SILICON IS TAKING OVER FORT SILL, BRINGING A CHANCE TO MEET SOME BIG STARS, INCLUDING VOICE ACTOR SARAH NATOCHENNY, KNOWN AS THE VOICE OF ASH KETCHUM FROM THE POKÉMON FRANCHISE. SARAH IS ACTUALLY JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING FOR OUR 8 A.M. NEWSCAST. SARAH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WANTED TO START WITH POKEMON. ASH KETCHUM IS A WORLDWIDE KNOWN FIGURE. YOU’VE BEEN VOICING ASH FOR 17 YEARS. WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? WHAT IS THE MOST EXCITING THING FOR FANS WHEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO MEET YOU? IT’S AMAZING. I’M SO HONORED TO GET TO DO THIS, AND I BOOKED THE JOB WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD, SO IT’S BEEN MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE DOING THIS. UM, THE MOST EXCITING THING IS WHEN I MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCH HUGE FANS AND SOMETIMES THEY CRY, AND THEN I CRY AND WE CRY TOGETHER. AND THEN I DO THE VOICE FOR THEM, AND THEY JUST THEY JUST CRUMBLE AND IT’S THE BEST TIME EVER. CAN YOU GIVE US ONE LINE FROM THE VOICE? THIS MORNING? ARE YOU WARMED UP? I CHOOSE YOU, OH, WOW, THERE IT IS. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. OKAY, SO NOW YOU’RE TAKING A NEW STEP IN YOUR CAREER. YOU’RE FROM NEW YORK, BUT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY RUSSIAN. AND NOW YOU’RE DOING A NEW, NEW SERIES WHERE YOU GET TO SPEAK SOME RUSSIAN. SO TELL US ABOUT THAT. IT’S CALLED ALYA SOMETIMES HIDES HER FEELINGS IN RUSSIAN. IT’S CURRENTLY ON CRUNCHYROLL. WE JUST DROPPED ANOTHER EPISODE YESTERDAY OR TWO DAYS AGO. WHAT DAY IS IT? I DON’T KNOW, UM, AND IT’S A ROMANTIC COMEDY AND IT’S, UH. I’M IN THE LEAD. I’M ALYA AND AARON DISMUKE, WHO IS LIKE A ANIME VETERAN, UH, IS PLAYING MY LOVE INTEREST, AND IT’S VERY CUTE AND VERY FUNNY AND KIND OF SELF-REFERENTIAL. AND IT’S IT’S A GREAT SHOW. I’M REALLY HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME DOING IT. OUR DIRECTOR, SEAN GANN, HAS BEEN AT CRUNCHYROLL FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. IT’S MY FIRST CRUNCHY ROLL JOB, SO I’M REALLY HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH IT. YOU GUYS SHOULD ALL CHECK IT OUT. IT’S VERY EXCITING. YOU GET TO DO SOME RUSSIAN. YOU’VE DONE POKEMON. YOU’VE ALSO BEEN IN FORTNITE. YOU HAVE A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, IMPRESSIVE RESUME. HOW DO YOU GET INTO VOICE ACTING IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE IT’S BEEN LIKE THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE? YOU SAID, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, TOTALLY. I DIDN’T EVEN INTEND TO GET INTO VOICE ACTING. I WAS DOING THEATER. I WAS DOING SOME ON CAMERA. I WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN I BOOKED POKEMON. I JUST, I HAD AN AGENT BECAUSE I WAS A REGULAR ACTOR. SO I STUDIED ACTING HERE. THIS IS STILL HOW YOU DO IT. YOU STUDY ACTING, YOU MAKE YOUR FRIENDS. THESE DAYS. YOU WOULD BE MAKING YOUR OWN STUFF. DO YOUTUBE THINGS, DO INSTAGRAM. YOU KNOW, MAKE SKITS, STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, AND TODAY YOU WOULD MAKE A REEL FIRST, SO YOU WOULD TRY TO WORK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ON YOUR OWN, MAKE A REEL AND THEN START SUBMITTING TO AGENCIES. AND THEN THOSE AGENTS START SENDING YOU OUT FOR JOBS AND THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENED FOR ME. YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO. SO YOU’RE IN OKLAHOMA THIS WEEKEND, FORT SILL FOR SILICON. WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS THIS WEEKEND YOU MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES YOU CRY WHEN YOU GET TO MEET SOME OF YOUR FANS. I’M SURE THEY’RE GOING TO BE SEEING YOU TODAY. SO WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED FOR TODAY? SO I HAVE FOUND IN MY JOURNEYS THROUGH THE CONVENTION SCENE THAT A LOT OF MILITARY MEMBERS LOVE POKEMON, AND THAT IT BRINGS THEM A LOT OF JOY. AND IT’S A GREAT SOURCE OF OF ESCAPE FOR WHEN THEY’RE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. SO I TOLD MY AGENT, LIKE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO SOMETHING WITH FOR THE MILITARY, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT AND DEFEND OUR COUNTRY. SO, UM, HE BROUGHT ME HERE. SO I’M HERE AT FORT SILICON AND I’M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE BRAVE AND WORKING IN THE MILITARY. THAT’S I’M FROM NEW YORK CITY, AND I MAY I WENT MY CLASS MY GRADUATING CLASS WAS LIKE A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I THINK MAYBE TWO. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO WENT INTO THE MILITARY FROM THAT CLASS. SO THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD FOR ME. AND I’M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET THEM. YOU’RE EXCITED TO MEET THEM. I KNOW THEY’RE EXCITED TO MEET YOU TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING SOME TIME THIS MORNING, SIR. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SILICON STARTS THIS MORNING AT 11 AT FORT SILL. WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ABOUT TICKETS IN THE AS SEEN ON SECTION OF KOCO.COM. WE GET A CHANCE TO MEET SARAH NATOCHENNY, THE VOICE OF ASH KETCHUM FROM POKEMON, JOINING US LIVE AT EIGHT HERE ON KOCO. AGAI