In my opinion, no. The anime has always been lacklustre since Kanto. My opinion may lack water since I didn't watch much of Hoenn or Sinnoh. You could say that is the point; it didn't engage me enough to keep watching since Johto. I only have two shallow reasons why I'm taking an interest in Best Wishes!- one, Dento, and two, I like the new Pokemon. However, I've watched about 15 episodes, and can say that the quality is an improvement from the previous generation.Is the Anime Falling?
They've ALWAYS been targeting kids, m'dear. Especially in Japan. Well, the last time I was there, at least. The older kids stick with the game WAY more than the anime.Im Guessing its true what you say.its sucks that they are targeting kids now :/
LOL. They should just catch one (can't remember their reason for wanting Ash's Pikachu). Or get Pikachu with a Ditto in a Day Care Centre. Problem solved! It's more than 5 years, but that adds to their fail charm.Am I the only one bothered that they have chased around a kid for 5 years attempting to steal a weak, electric rat and get their asses kicked every single time?
Logically, yes. He's not meant to age. The anime is designed to cater to new fans, not the old. No wonder he resets all the time. Pokemon to Nintendo is about MONEYZ, not actually keeping old fans happy. It's sad, but that's marketing for you. Pokemon is a reflection of Nintendo's tendency to recycle. #All your odds and ends, things that you can mend, all that junk you've been storing in your shed... RE-CY-CLE!#But what sucks is that Ash is still 10 freakin years old. He shold be like in his late teens or adulthood by now
In my opinion, no. The anime has always been lacklustre since Kanto. My opinion may lack water since I didn't watch much of Hoenn or Sinnoh. You could say that is the point; it didn't engage me enough to keep watching since Johto. I only have two shallow reasons why I'm taking an interest in Best Wishes!- one, Dento, and two, I like the new Pokemon. However, I've watched about 15 episodes, and can say that the quality is an improvement from the previous generation.
They made Iris almost blindingly irritating. She is the 8th Gym Leader (in White), for God's sake- and from what I've seen, she's not as competent/has potential as I have hoped. Instead of inexplicably changing Iris, they should have just made Touka the token annoying female. As for Dento, they did a 180 on his personality- he went from shy and unconfident to confident and bold. I was surprised by the change, but accepted it. He may have his Gary Stu moments, but he's still more interesting than Ash and Iris COMBINED. Of course, that is my opinion, not a statement of fact~
They've ALWAYS been targeting kids, m'dear. Especially in Japan. Well, the last time I was there, at least. The older kids stick with the game WAY more than the anime.
LOL. They should just catch one (can't remember their reason for wanting Ash's Pikachu). Or get Pikachu with a Ditto in a Day Care Centre. Problem solved! It's more than 5 years, but that adds to their fail charm.
Logically, yes. He's not meant to age. The anime is designed to cater to new fans, not the old. No wonder he resets all the time. Pokemon to Nintendo is about MONEYZ, not actually keeping old fans happy. It's sad, but that's marketing for you. Pokemon is a reflection of Nintendo's tendency to recycle. #All your odds and ends, things that you can mend, all that junk you've been storing in your shed... RE-CY-CLE!#
It would have been very interesting to observe Ash mature as a person, rather than just as a trainer... consistently... over the many seasons. By now, Ash should be the Greatest F***in' Trainer in the Universe. In Pokemon's defence, who wants to watch Ash and Pikachu own everybody for over a hundred episodes? Like young children care about that. It's all about "KOOL BATTLES!!!1!1!"
Are you kidding me? Best Wishes has made it ten times better, better animation, better comedy, better sidekicks. I've been enjoying it a lot more these days, I mean I also liked D/P and all the other past series of course but this one has really kept my intrest.
True what u say about reseting the series but if they wantrd to start from a new begining and i agree that Ash shoild have been Named Master of the world by now i think that in the lase episode og the D/P saga they should have done like they did in the last episodes of DBZ withe thae whole year jumping and the growing up and the children (u know what i mean)
and that Best Wishes (Black and White) should have the Male hero from black and white take over or hav him as Ash's son.
and u know how they changed the 8th leader in the Advanced Saga (Wallace => Jaun) they may change her or her alternate in black version (lol grey version) so yea.........
Jessie and James aren't meant to be real villians; they are just side characters who try to act bad I guess. Now they are the goofy nutcases who stand on the sidelines and try to earn money in the most random of ways.Am I the only one bothered that they have chased around a kid for 5 years attempting to steal a weak, electric rat and get their asses kicked every single time?
Lamest villains ever.
Jessie and James aren't meant to be real villians; they are just side characters who try to act bad I guess. Now they are the goofy nutcases who stand on the sidelines and try to earn money in the most random of ways.
Ever since Arbok aand Koffing left, their roles have been sorta seesawing between Stealing pikachu and comic relief.
As for the original topic: I like the anime in short spurts and I would be disappointed if it ended before ash wins gets to fight one legitimate Championship.
Just wish the anime would stop saying about type advantages and disadvantages every damn episode. Kids would know that by now by playing the games, give the younger generation a bit of credit.
Don't forget that not everyone who watches the anime plays the games so that talk about types, moves and abilities are necessary.