How is Ash still 10 years old?

Do they actualy state that he's 10?

The creator of Pokemon said that as long as it is selling, Ash will stay 10 years old.

Killjoy said:

Do they actualy state that he's 10?

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In the first episode of BW, the narrator says something along the lines of, "And this is Ash Ketchum, a 10 year old Pokemon trainer who wants to be the very best." Probably totally misquoted, but he does say that Ash is 10.

I always wondered the same thing too. He doesn't even look 10.

There's several explanations Ash has the ring of power and it kept him from aging, He's in neverland, or he could be Peter Pan himself.

I don't really see why it's such a big deal I mean like Yugi said "We're in anime who know's how old we're supposed to be I mean I look 12 and Serenity looks like she's 16"
but I would be nice if Ash aged a little like ya know an 11th birthday

A lot of characters in other anime don't age; it's not really a big deal that Ash is still 10 imho. My only gripe is that I wish they never mentioned his age to begin with - better for it to be left unknown so fans can speculate and make it whatever they'd be satisfied with.

True, a lot of character do not age, and honestly I do not care anymore because the Pokemon anime got ridiculous after the 3rd gen.

GreenGoblin said:

Not to mention in Gathering a gang of four in the Battle Frontier season
he said "It's been years since I've started my journey" or something in that effect

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Yup, and I remember Brock saying " After all these years we still fall for team rocket's traps." He said in that episode where Ash caught Corphfish. *spelling?*

Actually, I believe the answer is from the very first episode of Pokemon. For those of you that don't remember, while Pikachu and Ash where out on the Route, Ash saw a large peacock bird Pokemon, Ho-Oh, flew over Ash and over the rainbow, glittering. In Ho-Oh's Pokedex entry, it says as Ho-Oh flies on his seven colored wings, anyone that sees it is granted Eternal happiness. Now Ash saw it, so Ash is granted eternal happiness. And what is Ash's wish/eternal happiness? To be on a Pokemon journey. That is why he is always ten. But I'm sure that it is meant to target young viewers, but that is my theory.

Wow Piplup, I've never heard that theory before. It actually makes the whole series seem much more magical and reasonable now.

ADDITIONAL: Ooops, I didn't know this was an ancient thread, kwehehe.

Hey now, this thread has been dead a while and we've got a new Ash's Age thread up! Please don't post in threads over 30 days old.