>>46828704http://lavacutcontent.com/takeshi-shudo-ending-pokemon/"And of course there was Lugia, whose voice is masculine — though in my mind, Lugia has both male and a female sides which intertwine.
Dr Lava’s notes: It’s interesting that Shudo says here that he created Lugia as a Pokemon who’s simultaneously male and female, because in all his other blog entries related to Lugia’s gender, he grows increasingly obsessive about the fact he intended Lugia as a female.
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As I mentioned earlier, he seemed to have become obsessed with Lugia during the last few years of his life. More specifically, he expressed overwhelming regret that he allowed Lugia to be voiced by a man — as 'the creator of all life on earth,' he saw Lugia as a 'maternal Pokemon.' But like I said earlier in this article, I’ll cover the story of Lugia’s creation, and Shudo’s thoughts about Lugia late in life, in my next YouTube video. But for now, I’ll just leave you with this one quote:
'Advertisements had already been aired. It was too late, we couldn’t suddenly change Lugia into a female… I was gulping down alcohol and drugs. I started to feel like I wanted to die.'"
