Favorite Series... hmm... A Tie between Battle frontier and XY/ XY&Z
Battle Frontier: I considered it better than its predecessor advanced generation. Fun battles, return of old friends and pokemon... and Satoshi winning in the end.
XY/XY&Z is so good: the improved animation and choreography of battles, Satoshi's badassery, the story lines, Serena Citron and Eureka, and of course the Satoshi and Greninja "Hero of Kalos" subplot. If not for the loss at the pokemon league this would've been my absolute favorite.
BW is messed up... even the appearance of the heavenly goddess Elesa couldn't save the show ( :D ) Companions, Satoshi getting the catch phrase "I FORGOT!!!", and the cut plot. This is easily the worst series.
Sun and Moon still airing, the show is still in its 26th episode. And already it seams to have Alienated some of the western fans (The Japanese love the new series XD) Although I do agree that the change of genre from Adventure to Iyashikei is somewhat surprising (Jarring for some. The hate is obvious) SM still proves to be a warm and light-hearted series.
I have no issue with the statement with the series Hikamaru... your free to have your oppinion of the show but what do you mean about the comment
Essentially, this new format was what I feel was made solely to appeal to kids who have short attention spans, which makes me feel not only extremely concerned about the future of Pokemon but anime in general.
I don't take offense to the comment about Pokemon... its the anime comment I'm a bit irked about. If you don't like the new series fine... just don't watch it. But don't drag Anime as a media through the mud and assume that their all going to be dumb-down for children.
If you just want a good Shounen show to watch - Go see My Hero Academia, unlike Pokemon which values friendship and teamwork. The show is about the value of working hard and to win with ones own strength, and what it means to be a real hero.
If you want drama there's Scums wish: a completely adult show about the nature of love affection and attraction...
Want a show with interesting story and lore with bad ass fights? Watch the Fate series by UFO table.
Straight action? DB Super is still airing and getting better by the episode.
Comedy? Watch Konosuba.
heck if you just want an adventure show there's Little witch academia which is still airing...
I get it Iyashikei is boring, nothing happens... that's not really the point of the genre. It's about healing... It's about the characters relationships or their daily day lives, and what makes them happy, it's suppose to make you the viewer happy. Shows like Flying Witch, Kobayashi's Maid Dragon, Ah! my Goddess. K-ON and Sweetness & Lightning. The format of the show isn't bad it's worked for decades now. Westerners People are just not used to it. Drama and conflict isn't everything in entertainment and media.
Yes Pokemon changed from a monster of the week show to an Iyashikei one. Did it change from a show primarily about battles, to one about friendship? Yes. Is anime being dumbed down for a younger audience hell no is the change bad one and is it copying (The slowly dying) Yokai Watch series well... That's for you to decide. ... Please don't drag the anime to your arguments.
Again no offense Hikamaru still love ya XD