Yes. The show's way too repetitive. When you've got a running gag of a trio of villains that look like they belong in an old 80s Power Team episode, constantly showing up to steal Pokemon for relatively the same reason each time, it's repetitive enough.
But to top it all off, Pokemon takes repetitive one step further. Rather than invent a fresh new plotline in each Region (which ANYONE could do), they basically recycle the old plot and just change the scenery and Pokemon around. Seriously, those of you that think Pokemon isn't repetitive, take another look at the show. New Regions always follow these general ten steps (in no particular order):
1: Ash arrives at new Region.
2: JJM follow him.
3: Ash has to beat 8 Gym Leaders to get their Badges.
4: Miscellaneous Team X spends half the Region concocting some super plan, only to have it foiled in less than an hour.
5: JJM invent a new speech that is worse than their last one (as of Kanto Redux).
6: Ash deals with the following people no less than 10 times: Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, and the Professor.
7: Ash meets Legendary Pokemon that seem important, but really aren't a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
8: Every small-time local sporting event is mandatory to take part in.
9: Ash Enters and loses the League.
10: Ho-Oh, or some other nameless Legendary Pokemon leads Ash to the next Region. If no Legendary Pokemon appears, then what's ahead of us is a season of..... FILLERS!!!
Based on these ten steps, as well as the legendary Dexter's list of Pokemon Cliches, I can easily predict what'll likely happen in the Sinnoh Ragion, even BEFORE it happens. SPOILER ALERT! Well, who WOULDN'T see these coming? Honestly...
- Ash Arrives (happened).
- Paul's the new Rival (happened).
- Dawn's the new female Coordinator (happened).
- Paul's a prick (happened and still happening).
- Dawn will win ALL 5 ribbons (happening).
- Ash will win ALL 8 Badges (happening).
- JJM will show up at least once in just about every episode (happening).
- Some evil Team (Galaxy) will hatch a scheme that draws attention, only to have Ash and the gang stop their life-long master plan in a few episodes.
- At some point, Paul will lose to a Legendary, or Uber Pokemon. Afterward, he'll mellow and become best friends with Ash.
- Dawn will enter the Grand Festival of Bad Announcers.
- Dawn will lose, or win, still a pretty new concept, so maybe... Who am I kidding? She'll lose.
- Ash will enter the League of Worse Announcers.
- Ash will lose the League.
- Some Legendary Pokemon will lead Ash to the next Region. OR, there'll be some fillers, THEN the Legendary Pokemon will show up.
- Rinse, and repeat (omitting the Rival stuff if there's no Rival).
And one final note, based on the show's track record, if Ash ever DOES win a League, he'll probably be replaced in the next season with another male lead. So fans of Ash, you'd better pray that he keeps losing.
And don't take this to mean I hate the Anime, because I still like it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be writing Fics, would I?