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[osby]

That kid is never gonna age is he?

He's immortal I tell you. Immortality he somehow got.

Ash will start aging when Mario does.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Why do they keep Ash around? The games have a new protagonist each installment. Why can’t the anime?

It's been 20 years with Ash. The fanbase is already too attached to him to see him go

Trust me, the outrage would be pretty intense.

And we don't need two Pokemon related controversies back-to-back lol

 

[Michael the Spikester]

What more character development could Ash even have though at this point besides keep going region to region, keep making new friends and trying to win?

Pretty much repeating the same thing over and over again.

 

[MainJPW]

Ash will start aging when Mario does.

He is aging, remember?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It's been 20 years with Ash. The fanbase is already too attached to him to see him go

Trust me, the outrage would be pretty intense.

And we don't need two Pokemon related controversies back-to-back lol

Fan outrage is not a good reason to not do something. Sure. Sometimes the fans have good ideas. And if you give them something entirely different from what they want (like Paper Mario for example) then that’s just bad business. But the quality of the product should come first and foremost. And sometimes the fans want something that hurts the product. Be it a specific change or even a lack of change.

 

[Deleted member]

He is aging, remember?

And Ash already HAS aged
The island trial requires you to be 11 years old, so Ash is 11 now.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

He is aging, remember?

Headcannon. Mario has been aging and he spends all his coins on plastic surgery and hair dye.

 

[drag0nscythe]

Anime is mainly Ash's story. It is tradition at this point. Put ash in the new games plot. Make money.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

As said before my headcanon is the Mario characters pretty much just being actors in the mainline games and outside of that Mario and Bowser being good friends explaining why they particulate in kart racing, tennis, golf and such.

 

[osby]

What more character development could Ash even have though at this point besides keep going region to region, keep making new friends and trying to win?

Pretty much repeating the same thing over and over again.

So, like Pokemon anime itself.

Yeah, Ash is a pretty flat character but anime rarely tells anything that needs a deeper character and when it does, they have new main characters for that.

 

[BlueMonk]

they really kept Ash?

I sleep

 

[Raxxel]

What more character development could Ash even have though at this point besides keep going region to region, keep making new friends and trying to win?

Pretty much repeating the same thing over and over again.

He could finally muster up the will to kill Jessie and James for good. Other than that idk got me.

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Fan outrage is not a good reason to not do something. Sure. Sometimes the fans have good ideas. And if you give them something entirely different from what they want (like Paper Mario for example) then that’s just bad business. But the quality of the product should come first and foremost. And sometimes the fans want something that hurts the product. Be it a specific change or even a lack of change.

You just said it yourself

And if you give them something entirely different from what they want (like Paper Mario for example) then that’s just bad business.

I assure a good amount of people still got fond memories of Ash. They probably still want him in the new series. Removing him now would probably be a pretty bad business decision for the brand going foward

 

[SnakeFighter64]

As said before my headcanon is the Mario characters pretty much just being actors in the mainline games and outside of that Mario and Bowser being good friends explaining why they particulate in kart racing, tennis, golf and such.

I really don’t know how to feel about that.

Like, it’s a trope from classic cartoons, and I really like it there. But for some reason it bothers me in this situation. Like it somehow invalidates what little story they have, as well as everyone else who treats their story and works as something more important.

 

[Opossum]

Mind if i have a go at this:
Revali
Twintelle
Octoling
Waluigi
Elma
BWD (Bandana Dee)
Poochy
King Boo
Corviknight

You missed one.

 

[BlueMonk]

Wake me up when the Pokemon Company gets their act together and gives us the solo brock anime we deserve

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Why do they keep Ash around? The games have a new protagonist each installment. Why can’t the anime?

Why fix something if it isnt broken?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

You just said it yourself
I assure a good amount of people still got fond memories of Ash. Removing him now would be a pretty bad business descion

It’s a give and take. Changing Ash wouldn’t fundamentally change the show in any way the way Paper Mario’s changes do. Therefore it’s just something they gotta deal with.

Or if they’re really attached to him, then age him up and have him be a professor. That way he’s still there, but he’s not the focus and they can devote more time to the protagonist and their story.

 

[Mamboo07]

You missed one.

Which one did i forgot?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Wake me up when the Pokemon Company gets their act together and gives us the solo brock anime we deserve

Wake me up when they finally decide to end the show.

Doubtful it'll happen anyways given popularity...

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Why fix something if it isnt broken?

Because change is good and stagnation is super unhealthy.

 

[MSmariosonic]

Wake me up when they finally decide to end the show alongside Spongebob, Family Guy and The Simpsons.

Doubtful it'll happen anyways given popularity...

As long as the video games are being made the anime will co-exist

 

[BlueMonk]

Wake me up when they finally decide to end the show.

Doubtful it'll happen anyways given popularity...

the other things make sense but why would they end the pokemon anime

 

[Ramen Tengoku]

Wake me up when they finally decide to end the show.

Doubtful it'll happen anyways given popularity...

wake me up when y'all stop complaining about shows that "have gone on for too long" or whatever

tbh, it's getting more annoying than the actual shows themselves

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Find it funny that it's only just us stupid westerners that care so much about Ash being the main character of Pokemon. Japan don't really give a ****. Maybe we should learn from Japan

 

[Cracke]

YO, ASH LOOKS CLEAN

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He kinda fresh doe

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Find it funny that it's only just us stupid westerners that care so much about Ash being the main character of Pokemon. Japan don't really give a ****. Maybe we should learn from Japan

Japan also is super liberated about sex. But are super phobic of blood and gore and don’t think they need to fix the terrible online services and net code in their games because it works fine in Japan because it’s such a dense country, not realizing that every other country isn’t Japan.

Yeah no. We could learn some things from Japan but they also need to start learning from the rest of the world.

 

[MainJPW]

Wake me up when the Pokemon Company gets their act together and gives us the solo brock anime we deserve

Watch this scene and tell me this man can't carry an anime.

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[Cutie Gwen]

Wake me up wake me up inside can't wake up wake me up inside save me

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Japan also is super liberated about sex. But are super phobic of blood and gore and don’t think they need to fix the terrible online services and net code in their games because it works fine in Japan because it’s such a dense country, not realizing that every other country isn’t Japan.

Yeah no. We could learn some things from Japan but they also need to start learning from the rest of the world.

Oh mother****ing please. Im sorry but get over it. Ash isnt gonna stop being the MC of the anime

 

[SnakeFighter64]

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Looky here! Looky here! Look what I’ve got!

 

[osby]

Wake me up wake me up inside can't wake up wake me up inside save me

Wake me up (before you go go)

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Westeners are the most entitled ******* ever, I swear. "We are sick of ash, get rid of him, Japan"

 

[Opossum]

Which one did i forgot?

You missed Three Houses. :V

 

[Gyrom8]

Japan also is super liberated about sex. But are super phobic of blood and gore

.

I keep on seeing this and feel like I'm missing something - there's plenty of Japanese video games and anime/manga that are violent as hell; is this specifically referencing Japanese censorship bodies rather than wider cultural attitudes?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Oh mother****ing please. Im sorry but get over it. Ash isnt gonna stop being the MC of the anime

I could care less about Ash. But I stand firm that Japan needs to stop being so nationalistic and start realizing that maybe the rest of the world has some good ideas about how to do things.

 

[Deleted member]

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I'm not crying, you're crying

 

[Mamboo07]

You missed Three Houses. :V

Fixed my post.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I keep on seeing this and feel like I'm missing something - there's plenty of Japanese video games and anime/manga that are violent as hell; is this specifically referencing Japanese censorship bodies rather than wider cultural attitudes?

I call bull**** on this because just yestersay, a I saw an anime where teenagers arm got severed from his body. They even showed the stump and the severed arm complete with blood

i think for irl peeps its different, that cultural

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I keep on seeing this and feel like I'm missing something - there's plenty of Japanese video games and anime/manga that are violent as hell; is this specifically referencing Japanese censorship bodies rather than wider cultural attitudes?

Isn’t their censorship board so strict because of cultural differences?