Anime Logic

[Palamon]

Discuss Pokémon anime logic here. Sometimes, I feel as though the anime logic is ridiculous, but, you know how it goes.

 

[jjc927]

Has there ever been a kid's show or any cartoon that actually follows logic? Team Rocket and Ash would've been dead or severely injured on many occasions but anime logic keeps them going no matter how far they fall or how badly the grunt of the attack on them is.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Here's an obvious one, pre-teens with larger chests (with May and Serena being the biggest examples). All it does is confuse the audience about their age and will accidentally turn anyone who's attracted to them for their large chests as pedophiles, since the characters in question are 10 years old.

 

[Guest123_x1]

Ash and other characters never aging as time goes by. That is, by far, one of the most illogical things I've witnessed with the anime throughout its long run, going through seven regions (six of which were main series game regions), and now going into an eighth, with rumors that Ash might actually be de-aging as part of the 'going to school' theme that the upcoming Alola run is supposed to be about.

Here's an obvious one, pre-teens with larger chests (with May and Serena being the biggest examples). All it does is confuse the audience about their age and will accidentally turn anyone who's attracted to them for their large chests as pedophiles, since the characters in question are 10 years old.

That might explain why I've seen so much May fanboyism over the years since she first appeared in the anime for the Hoenn saga. However, as for the unusually large chests of underage girls, I remember discussing this issue with somebody (don't remember exactly who, though) many years ago, and the answer was something like "Japanese girls go through puberty faster than other parts of the world."

 

[jjc927]

Well characters very rarely age in cartoons. Bart Simpson's been 10 for even longer than Ash has. It would make sense for the characters to age in Pokemon because of the nature of the show and how they show character development and growth though yes.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Ash and other characters never aging as time goes by. That is, by far, one of the most illogical things I've witnessed with the anime throughout its long run, going through seven regions (six of which were main series game regions), and now going into an eighth, with rumors that Ash might actually be de-aging as part of the 'going to school' theme that the upcoming Alola run is supposed to be about.

Time slows down in shows, so you can say Ash's adventure takes place in a span of one year.

That might explain why I've seen so much May fanboyism over the years since she first appeared in the anime for the Hoenn saga. However, as for the unusually large chests of underage girls, I remember discussing this issue with somebody (don't remember exactly who, though) many years ago, and the answer was something like "Japanese girls go through puberty faster than other parts of the world."

I find that explanation hard to believe:

Spoiler:

 

[Frozocrone]

I think it's mainly to attract older audiences. Doesn't help that Japan's legal age for consent is 13...crazy Japan. It's purely fan service when cleavage at such a young age is shoved in.

Anyway, as for anime logic, well they've gotten better over the years. Certainly better from 'Aim for the horn!'. They still slip up, such as multiple moves of the same type on a single Pokemon, weak moves on Pokemon, or not making use of abilities/secondary effects. But then the anime can make up for lack of 'game smarts' with animation and use those moves in ways that just isn't possible in the games.

 

[Palamon]

Anime logic...

* You can command a Pokemon to "dodge" a move. (I guess that would be the game equivalent to: [Pokemon] evaded the attack, or the attack missing, probably?

* The obligatory mention of Ground Pokemon suddenly being able to be hit by Electric moves, which is impossible in the games.

* The obvious ridiculous logic of Ash not getting hurt by Bayleef tackling him and Team Rocket not being injured by a blast off... but that's just cartoon violence anyway.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Another notable anime logic is how Jessie's hair got cut off short in one episode, only to revert back to its normal length in the following episode. Yet when Serena cuts her hair, it becomes a permanent change (at least until a time skip occurs). This logic similarly applies to characters surviving in death-defying situations only to die in another situation near the show or movie's climax.

I think it's mainly to attract older audiences. Doesn't help that Japan's legal age for consent is 13...crazy Japan. It's purely fan service when cleavage at such a young age is shoved in.

Except the characters happen to be below Japan's age of consent (10-12) making it even more creepy from westerners and more of a reason for them to pressure Japan to abandon their culture in favor of western culture in order to be morally correct. Doesn't matter if they're fictional because our U.S. laws also protects them from being part of such vile content.

 

[Frozocrone]

Anime logic...

* You can command a Pokemon to "dodge" a move. (I guess that would be the game equivalent to: [Pokemon] evaded the attack, or the attack missing, probably?

* The obligatory mention of Ground Pokemon suddenly being able to be hit by Electric moves, which is impossible in the games.

* The obvious ridiculous logic of Ash not getting hurt by Bayleef tackling him and Team Rocket not being injured by a blast off... but that's just cartoon violence anyway.

'Hey Pikachu'
'Pika?'
'You see that massive Hyper Beam flying towards you?
'Pika...'
'Yeah, um try not to get hit by that, ok?'
'Pikachu!'

 

[クリスタル]

Ash: "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on me!"
Pikachu shoot out Thunberbolt to Ash, which was supposed to able to damage and defeat many Pokemons during battle.
Ash: "Good! Keep it like that, now use Volt Tackle!"
Pikachu tackle Ash in the stomach with itself covered in high voltage electricity, where this move was supposed to defeated many powerful Pokemons in the past.
Ash fainted after the latter attack, but that is more from the recoil of striking him to the wall rather than the electrification.

This was what happened in beginning of BW. The logic: Ash is much much MUCH more stronger than any Pokemon on the entire PokeEarth. Japanese fans named Ash Ketchum a non-ordinary human being with such honorific calling: ???????? (Super Masara-Man).
Get the nuance here?

 

[Achamo]

Water is weak to Fire - Brock.

 

[Palamon]

Water is weak to Fire - Brock.

That was a dub error. Wouldn't necessarily call that "logic".

 

[CidHazard]

+Swellow and Pikachu's Thunder armor combo... It would've killed Swellow but somehow it worked :D

+Charizard after training for so long... returned to Ash's team with the move... Tackle (Which he can't even learn in game)

 

[Altairis]

How in performances, move combinations always turn into fireworks and sparkles but in battles they explode. I mean, they look nice and cool, but it's not very consistent haha.